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Metro Sponsors 16 Sites for Christmas Tree Recycling
Davidson County residents have a convenient way to dispose of their Christmas trees again this year. Metro Parks & Recreation and Public Works departments will provide 16 sites where residents can leave their trees starting the day after Christmas. Public Works crews will collect them for mulching at the city’s Bordeaux Mulch Facility.
All trees must be free of lights, ornaments, icicles, all tinsel and garland. No flocked trees can be accepted.
Recycling Christmas trees into mulch, rather than dumping them in the trash, in an alley or other seemingly deserted area, keeps them out of landfills and helps save Metro the cost of disposal fees. Between 12,000-15,000 Christmas trees are recycled each year at Metro sites.
Natural brown mulch, made from Christmas trees and yard brush, is sold at the Bordeaux facility for eleven dollars a cubic yard. The facility is open Monday-Saturday from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.