If you used a live Christmas tree this holiday season, don’t forget to recycle it. Recycling your Christmas tree is a great, and green, way to get rid of your tree after the holiday decorations come down.
Nationally, about 93% of live Christmas trees are recycled through community programs each year, according to Recycle Your Christmas Tree. Since Christmas trees are a renewable resource, recycling them means they are able to be reused for other materials. Most commonly, Christmas trees are used for mulch, as the mulch can provide benefits all year long, such as protecting other plants. Chipping is similar to mulch, which involves making wood chips from recycled Christmas trees that can be added to paths like walking trails. Recycled trees can also be added to compost piles and can be used as fish and bird feeders, as well as soil erosion barriers in some locations, according to PickYourOwnChristmasTree.org.
The team at Cartwright Tree Care would like to encourage anyone who used a live Christmas tree to recycle it this season! We'd love to see 93% turn into 100% of the nation recycling their trees, so let's all do our part by recycling our Christmas trees! To learn more about how you can recycle your tree, as well as other recycling practices, check out Recyclespot.org. Don’t forget to contact Cartwright Tree Care for all of your tree care and maintenance needs!
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