Recycling Gives Christmas Trees a Second Chance
Los Angeles sanitation officials have made recycling centers available to city residents who would prefer to have the trees re-used instead of ending up in garbage dumps.
The city’s Bureau of Sanitation will accept trees for recycling at seven locations around the city. The sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Jan. 6, except New Year’s Day.
The trees will be sold to local firms that will convert them into mulch and fertilizer. Only bare trees, clean of tinsel and flocking, will be accepted, officials said.
Tree collection sites are:
- Sheldon Arleta Landfill, Wicks Street and Sharp Avenue in Pacoima.
- Balboa Sports Center, Balboa and Burbank boulevards in Encino.
- Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. in Hollywood.
- Highland Park Senior Center, Figueroa Street and York Boulevard.
- 644 S. Venice Blvd. in Venice.
- South Park, San Pedro and 49th streets, South-Central Los Angeles.
- Harbor Regional Park, Vermont Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway in Harbor City.
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