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With the holiday season barely half over, you and yours may have noticed a sharp uptick in the amount of post consumer waste your household is generating.  You wouldn’t be alone if you had, but it doesn’t have to be all bad.  In recent years, my family has been able to dramatically reduce the amount of waste that we generate at the holidays by opting for reusable gift bags over traditional wrapping paper, opting for gifts with little or no packaging, and making holiday meals mostly from scratch thus keeping can, box and bag waste to a minimum.  But what to do with that old Christmas tree?Recycle it of course!

Many cities and municipalities offer Christmas tree recycling that can transform that little big of Christmas past into useful, earth-friendly mulch.  My extend family will all be taking their live trees to the Adams County Regional Park & Fairgrounds when they’re done with them, anytime between December 26 and January 11.  They’ll take up to 2 trees per family, so do a good deed, save some fuel, and offer to take your neighbor’s too.

You’ll need to remove all ornaments, tinsel, garlands, flocking, and nails before dropping them off, and you’ll need to get there during daylight hours as they operate only from dawn till dusk.  It’s a little something we can all do to make the planet we all share a little better.

If you’re elsewhere in Colorado you can find a tree recycling site in your area here thanks to good people at Colorado Recycles.