Recycle Your Tree After the Holidays
Denver Recycles' annual Treecycle program will be recycling thousands of Christmas trees into mulch again this holiday season. Treecycle helps Denver avoid using landfill space and paying disposal fees for a valuable, recyclable resource -- Christmas trees.
Denver Recycles grinds the Christmas trees into valuable mulch, which is made available FREE to Denver residents in the spring. In 2006, Treecycle recycled more than 22,000 trees, which were reclaimed by Denver residents at last spring’s Treecycle Mulch Giveaway and Leafdrop Compost Sale. Residents may call 720-865-6810 after March 1st for more information about the
2009 Treecycle Mulch Giveaway and Leafdrop Compost Sale.
How to recycle your tree: It’s as easy as can be!
1. Remove all tinsel and decorations from your tree. NO artificial or flocked trees, tree stands or trees in plastic bags. Christmas Trees Only.
2. Manual & Barrel customers set your tree out on your trash collection day near your normal set-out location during the two week period starting Jan. 5, 2009. Dumpsters customers set your tree out on Jan. 5, 2009 or Jan. 12, 2009 and it will be collected during that week.
3. Be sure your tree is set out by 7 AM and at least 4 feet away from any containers, bags, dumpsters or other obstacles.
4. DO NOT place trees in dumpsters.
For more information about Treecycle and other Denver Recycles programs visit
Denver Recycles or call 720-865-6810.