Recycle Your Tree
Dead tree on pavement by mrlerone
Now that the holidays are behind us, there is only one more tradition to take care of: the Annual Holiday Tree Sidewalk Toss. That’s right, it’s time to take down that fire hazard of a tree and pitch it out onto the sidewalk or preferably, into a nearby tree box. According to the Department of Public Works, DC residents “are encouraged to place holiday trees and other greenery in curbside tree boxes—without ornaments or tinsel—no earlier than Friday, January 1, and no later than Sunday, January 10″. The trees are then (allegedly) chipped and combined with leaves that were collected last fall to create compost that is available to residents for free later in the year.
So give some glee, recycle your tree!
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4 Responses to “Recycle Your Tree”
January 4th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Where are we to find these curbside tree boxes? I didn’t see anything on the DPW website.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:42 am
By “tree box” they mean the small metal fence that you’ll find around many trees in the city, like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arvindgrover/3179740955/
January 4th, 2010 at 11:05 am
lol I see…. thanks!
January 7th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
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