Recycling your Christmas tree in 2020

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The hol­i­days are over and the dec­o­ra­tions are com­ing down. If that makes you sad, think about the new life that could come from your tree! By tak­ing your tree to one of the many drop-off loca­tions below, you are keep­ing trees out of land­fills and giv­ing them a new purpose.

No mat­ter where you recy­cle, please make sure to remove all tin­sel, orna­ments, and lights! Do not tie your tree up with string or any oth­er netting.

City of Pittsburgh
Res­i­dents of the City of Pitts­burgh can drop off their trees at 12 drop-off loca­tions through­out the city, some year round and some spe­cial­ly for Christ­mas trees. Trees will be chipped into pine mulch and made avail­able for free to the pub­lic this spring. You can see a map of all loca­tions on the City of Pitts­burgh web­site.

Year-Round Depart­ment of Pub­lic Works sites (open 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon­day through Sat­ur­day) include:

• Hazel­wood — 3rd Divi­sion of Pub­lic Works
• Home­wood West — 2nd Divi­sion of Pub­lic Works
• Elliott — 5th Divi­sion of Pub­lic Works

Spe­cial Drop off loca­tions (open 24 hours a day) now through Jan­u­ary 26, 2020 include:

• Brighton Heights — Jack Stack pool park­ing lot
• Brook­line — Brook­line Recre­ation Center
• Deutschtown — Sue Mur­ray Swim­ming pool park­ing lot
• Friend­ship — Baum Grove Parklet
• High­land Park — Vol­ley­ball court park­ing lot
• Mid­dle Hill/Terrace Vil­lage — Ken­nard Park at Kirk­patrick and Reed Street
• Oak­wood — Oak­wood Park ball field at Noblestown Road
• South­side — South­side River­front Park low­er park­ing lot
• Squir­rel Hill South — Prospect Dri­ve round­about in Schen­ley Park

Alleghe­ny County
All oth­er res­i­dents of Alleghe­ny Coun­ty can bring their trees to Alleghe­ny Coun­ty Parks through Jan­u­ary 14, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. until dusk. Trees dropped off in Alleghe­ny Coun­ty will be mulched and used in the parks. Dur­ing last year’s tree recy­cling, approx­i­mate­ly 3,500 trees were received and recycled!

Drop-off loca­tions are:

• Boyce Park — Soc­cer fields park­ing lot
• Deer Lakes Park — Vet­er­ans Shel­ter park­ing lot
• Har­ri­son Hills Park — Park­ing lot at inter­sec­tion of Chip­munk & Cot­ton­tail Drives
• Hart­wood Acres Park — Man­sion park­ing lot
• North Park — Swim­ming pool park­ing lot
• Round Hill Park — Alfal­fa Shel­ter park­ing lot
• Set­tlers Cab­in Park — Wave pool park­ing lot
• White Oak Park — Chest­nut Shel­ter park­ing lot