Danielle Hawkins
The Union-Recorder
December 27, 2006 11:28 am
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By DANIELLE HAWKINS
Staff Writer
You take off the tinsel, ornaments and lights and get the man of the house to haul the slightly shedding Christmas tree from your living room.
But now what do you do with it?
Most citizens do not think twice about dumping their once-decorated tree on the side of the road or beside a trash site.
But if everyone just tossed aside the holiday tree, they would accumulate and become a problem: tons of solid waste, said Marion Nelson, Baldwin County public works environmental
officer.
State law prohibits depositing Christmas trees in landfills because these methods of disposal are troublesome to the
environment.
“Bring One for the Chipper” is the best alternative. The a state-sponsored Christmas tree recycling service operates year round.
For the rest of the story, see the Dec. 27 print edition of the Union-Recorder
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Residents can discard Christmas trees at one of 11 transfer sites as part of the “Bring One for the Chipper” program that recycles trees into mulch, firewood and wildlife habitats. Danielle Hawkins
The Union-Recorder