{"id":625,"date":"2010-12-30T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=625"},"modified":"2010-12-21T18:14:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T23:14:43","slug":"recycle-live-christmas-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/12\/30\/recycle-live-christmas-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycle Live Christmas Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_672\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_0102.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-672\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-672\" title=\"DSC_0102\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_0102-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_0102-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_0102-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ready for Recycling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The holidays are over.\u00a0This year take your live Christmas tree to a designated\u00a0location to be recycled. Many cities and towns collect\u00a0trees\u00a0which are chipped into mulch. The mulch is spread around municipal park trees and street trees.\u00a0\u00a0It is\u00a0utilized for erosion management along stream banks and on steep slopes.\u00a0Mulch is\u00a0also distributed to gardeners in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>Communities\u00a0pile up\u00a0recycled trees as protective habitats for birds and other wildlife. Whole trees may be deposited into lakes and ponds as fish habitats, particularly for bottom feeders. Along fragile coastal areas trees are used to\u00a0protect and restore dune areas.<\/p>\n<p>Recycled trees protect newly planted young saplings\u00a0from severe winter winds and serve as snow breaks in forests and park plantings. They also prevent deer and other varmints from feeding on newly planted tree seedlings.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding\u00a0 trees to be recycled, here are\u00a0a few\u00a0caveats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove the stand and all decorations (lights, tinsel, ornaments, plastic garland, all metal items)<\/li>\n<li>Whether recycled or for curbside pickup, don\u2019t wrap tree in a plastic bag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many local communities advertise special drop-off points\u00a0or collection times for discarded holiday trees. Check your local newspaper, city website\u00a0or community recycling center for\u00a0information. If\u00a0tree recycling\u00a0is not offered,\u00a0maybe you and some friends can help organize one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holidays are over.\u00a0This year take your live Christmas tree to a designated\u00a0location to be recycled. Many cities and towns collect\u00a0trees\u00a0which are chipped into mulch. The mulch is spread around municipal park trees and street trees.\u00a0\u00a0It is\u00a0utilized for erosion management along stream banks and on steep slopes.\u00a0Mulch is\u00a0also distributed to gardeners in the spring. Communities\u00a0pile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[640,605,641,551,644,643,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12910,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/12910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}