Even after all the holiday packages have been unwrapped there’s still a chance to give one last pres ent to the earth by donating your live Christmas tree to a county-wide recycling program that will chip it into a life-giving, water-saving, sweet-smelling layer of mulch. Recycling trees creates mulch, fuel, wildlife habitats and other useful material. You can help “Keep Cobb Beautiful,” by recycling your old tree after the holiday season. Keep Cobb Beautiful is sponsoring free recycling drop-offs.
Keep Cobb Beautiful is inviting everyone to “Bring One for the Chipper,” and recycle your Christmas tree after the holidays. As part of a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees, Keep Cobb Beautiful is hosting convenient sites where area residents can drop off their trees. No other items will be allowed to be dropped off at sites. Various locations in Cobb County will accept trees from December 25, 2023 until January 6, 2024. To volunteer at a site loca tion, look on the website at www.keepcobbbeautiful.org and go to the volunteer section for more information.
The following locations will accept dropoffs from December 25, 2023 until January 4, 2024 at 4pm:
> Fullers Park (Lower Field)
3050 Robinson Road, Marietta 30064
> Home Depot
3605 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta 30066
> Home Depot
4101 Roswell Road NE, Marietta 30062
> Home Depot
2450 Cumberland Parkway SE, Atlanta 30339
Limited supply of FREE saplings available at specified Home Depots on January 6, 2024 from 10am-2pm.
Before dropping off your tree, remove all non-organic objects such as lights, wire, tinsel, ornaments and nails. Foreign objects can contaminate the mulch and ruin the chipper. Flocked trees cannot be recycled and must be disposed of as garbage. For more information visit www.keepcobbbeautiful.org.
