South Florida Residents Encouraged To Recycle Christmas Trees

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – So, what to bash with your Christmas Tree present that the vacation is over?

Well, determination is ever curbside pickup, but successful Miami-Dade and Broward, some counties promote residents to enactment successful the Christmas Tree recycling programs.

In Miami-Dade, you are encouraged to instrumentality your trees to the pursuing centers (open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.):

Eureka Drive – 9401 SW 184 St.
Golden Glades – 140 NW 160 St.
Moody Drive – 12970 SW 268 St.
North Dade Landfill – 21500 NW 47 Ave.
Norwood – 19901 NW 7th Ave.
Palm Springs North – 7870 NW 178 St.
Snapper Creek – 2200 SW 117 Ave.
South Miami Heights – 20800 SW 117 Ct.
West Little River – 1830 NW 79 St.
West Perrine – 16651 SW 107 Ave.
Home Chemical Collection Center – 8801 NW 58 St. successful West Miami-Dade. (It’s unfastened 7 days a week for histrion driblet disconnected only, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.)

The trees volition beryllium turned into mulch which volition beryllium disposable opening successful outpouring 2022. Sign up to beryllium notified erstwhile the mulch is ready. Residents are reminded to bring a shovel and bags oregon pails to instrumentality distant the material.

Residents who are incapable to driblet disconnected their Christmas histrion tin spot it astatine the curbside. Crews volition cod Christmas trees from the curbside opening Wednesday, January 5th. This twelvemonth trees volition beryllium collected passim the work country during 2 sweeps. Do not spot full trees oregon chopped up trees successful the greenish garbage carts oregon bluish recycling carts.

First Christmas Tree Collection Sweep: January 5th – January 16th
Trees volition beryllium collected connected Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Place histrion astatine the curb by Wednesday, January 5th.

Final Christmas Tree Collection Sweep: January 19th – January 30th
Trees volition beryllium collected connected Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Place histrion astatine the curb by Wednesday, January 19th

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Also successful Miami-Dade, Swire Properties volition clasp its 2nd Holiday Christmas Tree Recycling inaugural successful Brickell City Centre.

They volition instrumentality trees connected Saturdays and Sundays, from January 8th done January 30th, from 10 am. to 4 p.m. successful North Square.

It’s conveyance driblet disconnected lone connected 5th Street betwixt 1st St & S. Miami Ave, crossed from Riverside.

In Broward, you tin recycle your 3 done the county’s yearly Chip-a-Tree initiative. Every twelvemonth Broward County Parks recycles thousands of trees, astir of which astir apt would different person gone to landfills. The trees volition beryllium chipped and utilized for landscaping passim the region parkland system.

To recycle your tree, you tin instrumentality it to 1 of the pursuing locations, nary decorated trees volition beryllium accepted.

(Hours vary, you are encouraged to telephone the parkland of your prime for details.)

Park locations are:

Brian Piccolo Sports Park & Velodrome, 9501 Sheridan St., Cooper City, 954-357-5150
C.B. Smith Park, 900 N. Flamingo Rd., Pembroke Pines, 954-357-5170
Easterlin Park, 1000 N.W. 38th St., Oakland Park, 954-357-5190
Fern Forest Nature Center, 201 Lyons Rd. South, Coconut Creek, 954-357-5198
Markham Park and Target Range, 16001 W. State Rd. 84, Sunrise, 954-357-8868
Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park, 2520 N.W. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-8801
Snake Warrior’s Island Natural Area, 3600 S.W. 62nd Ave., Miramar, 954-357-8776
Tradewinds Park and Stables, 3600 W. Sample Rd., Coconut Creek, 954-357-8870
Tree Tops Park, 3900 S.W. 100th Ave., Davie, 954-357-5130
T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park, 3300 N. Park Rd., Hollywood, 954-357-8811
Vista View Park, 4001 S.W. 142nd Ave., Davie. 954-357-8898
West Lake Park, 1200 Sheridan St., Hollywood, 954-357-5161

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Curbside prime up varies by metropolis and contracted discarded disposal company. Usually, they prime up successful the archetypal 2 weeks of January.