Go Green This Christmas

Public Works, Parks & Recreation Team Up for another Year of Christmas Tree Recycling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Metro is offering Davidson County residents an environmentally friendly and convenient way to dispose of their Christmas trees again this year.

WHO:                    Metro Parks & Recreation and Metro Public Works Departments

WHAT:                  Christmas Tree Recycling Drop-off Program

WHEN:                  December 26, 2014 to February 9, 2015

WHERE:                Any of the following locations: Cane Ridge Park, Una Recreation Center, Whitfield Park, Cedar Hill Park, Two Rivers Park,Joelton Community Park,  Sevier Park, Richland Park, Elmington Park, Edwin Warner Park, Lakewood City Hall

All trees must be free of lights, ornaments, tinsel and garland.  No artificial trees can be accepted.  Public Works will take the trees to the Bordeaux Mulching Facility to be chipped and composted into mulch.  Please do not illegally dump any other items at the drop-off locations.

Natural brown mulch, made from Christmas trees and yard brush, is sold at the facility for $9.50 a cubic yard.  The Bordeaux Mulching Facility is located at 1400 County Hospital Road, and is open Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. No mulch sales after 12 noon on Saturdays.  The facility also accepts untreated wood; limbs and brush; leaves; and non-commercial grass clippings in biodegradable paper bags that are free from any other trash or material.  Recycling Christmas trees into mulch, rather than putting them in the trash, keeps them out of landfills and helps save Metro the cost of disposal fees.  In 2031, over 14,400 trees were recycled through the Christmas Tree Drop-Off Program.

Christmas trees may also be placed with your brush and will be collected through the brush program on your regularly scheduled route.  For more information call 862-8750 or visit our website atwww.nashville.gov\public-works.

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