Christmas tree curbside pick up
Posted Dec 28, 2009 9:54 pm.
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This year you have two options if you want to recycle your Christmas tree.
The City of Calgary Waste & Recycling Services will pick up Christmas trees from households that currently receive city residential garbage collection.
Have your tree out by 7 a.m. on one of the following Saturdays:
* Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010
* Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010
Over 30,0000 trees were collected last year, and The City of Calgary hopes to double that number this year.
Spokesperson Lindsay Lofthouse tells 660News Calgarians who prefer to drop off their trees will have eight temporary drop-off depots for trees:
* Fire Hall #15 – 6328 35th Ave. N.W.
* Fire Hall #22 – 7199 Temple Dr. N.E.
* Bottomlands Park – St. Georges Drive and Seventh Avenue N.E.
* South Calgary Community Association – 3130 16th St. SW.
* Parks Compound – 10312 Sacramento Dr. S.W.
* Spyhill Landfill – 69th Street and 112th Avenue N.W.
* East Calgary Landfill – 17th Avenue and 68th Street S.E.
* Shepard Landfill – 114th Avenue and 68th Street S.E.
The trees collected by the program are chipped into mulch used in green spaces around Calgary and the mulch is available at no extra charge to residents.
Keeping trees out of the landfills helps extend the life of landfills, reduces greenhouse gases and produces a useful resource.
The annual Christmas tree recycling program is just one of many ways that Calgarians can reduce, reuse and recycle to help the city achieve its goal of diverting 80 per cent of its waste by the year 2020.
