Christmas Tree Recycling in Houston, TX

After the singing is finished, the food has been eaten and the relatives have gone home, it is time to take down the decorations and relax for a little bit. One decoration that can be difficult is that big, beautiful live tree that you so lovingly picked out. Christmas tree recycling is a good and environmentally friendly way of dealing with this wonderful Christmas symbol. For Christmas tree recycling in Houston, there are several options.

It is highly recommended that you take advantage of the Houston Christmas tree recycling program to support our city. Not only does it save the city on landfill fees, but the trees are used to create mulch for the city landscaping projects. If you donate your tree, you will receive a free tree seedling.

Don't forget to clear off all of your ornaments and tinsel and other decorations before you drop off your Christmas tree. The city of Houston actually provides locations all over Houston, totaling fourteen recycling centers in all. As a large city, we need lots of locations. The best way to find out which area is nearest to you is to go to www.houstonsolidwaste.org or call 311. Generally these programs are open for a week or so into January and are open seven days a week for convenience.

The Houston Christmas tree recycling program has been doing this for 18 years and has saved more than a quarter of a million dollars and recycled over 22 million pounds of Christmas trees (www.click2houston.com/news/18390262/detail.html). The fourteen locations from 2008 are listed below, but please check the website listed above for confirmation that these are still the locations:

• Sunbeam Neighborhood Depository - 5100 Sunbeam
• Central Neighborhood Depository - 2240 Central Street
• Kirkpatrick Neighborhood Depository - 5565 Kirkpatrick
• Windfern Neighborhood Depository - 6023 Windfern
• Westpark Consumer Recycling Center - 5900 Westpark
• Memorial Park (Ball Fields 4 and 5) - 7300 Memorial Drive
• T.C. Jester Park - 4200 T.C. Jester West
• Kingwood - Bens View Lane and Bens Branch Drive
• Clear Lake - Ellington Field Recycling Dropoff - Hwy. 3 @ Brantley Road
• Living Earth Technology - 5625 Crawford Road (713) 466-7360
• Living Earth Technology - 1503 Industrial Drive (Gessner @ Hwy 90)
• CJM Soils Supermarket - 1700 Highway 90A East
• CJM Soils Supermarket - 12202 Cutten Road
• Doss Park - 2500 Frick Road