Real Christmas Trees: The Christmas tree has done its usual job of welcoming the cold months in, illuminating the living room with lights and glittering decorations, and hiding presents from those who can’t wait until Christmas Day to open them.
Real Christmas Trees May Be Recycled In Oregon
Real trees, wreaths, and other Christmas flora can still help the environment and provide funding for organizations such as scout troops and schools if they are recycled properly. Debarked trees can be used as compost, wood chips, or even animal shelters.
Volunteers from the North Clackamas Watersheds Council, which repairs streams, will be collecting Christmas trees in North Clackamas Park Area A on Saturday, January 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please, no artificial trees, tinsel, or frosted trees (by the Dog Park and Milwaukie Center). Donations are encouraged, with a suggested donation of $5 per tree, as well as “any contribution to our work you’d like to make.”
Volunteers will strategically bury recycled Christmas trees near Milwaukie’s Spring Park Natural Area and Elk Rock Island on February 4 as part of aquatic habitat restoration to protect young fish (sign up to help at ncprd.com).
According to Neil Schulman, executive director of the North Clackamas Watersheds Council, wood in creeks provides shelter for salmon, particularly juvenile salmon, where they can hide from predators, eat, and grow strong enough to live in the ocean.
Furthermore, he claims that insects attracted to tree needles provide critical nutrition for growing salmon and steelhead. Instead of discarding your Christmas tree, “this is a fantastic way to transform it into habitat for your local river,” Schulman adds. “By working together, we can restore the natural diversity of our suburban streams.”
Prepare For Recycling
The repurposed firs are placed in public spaces such as Spring Park and Elk Rock Island following the North Clackamas Watersheds Council’s annual Christmas tree collection event in January.
Volunteers from the North Clackamas Watersheds Council will collect real Christmas trees (no plastic, tinsel, or frosted ones) from North Clackamas Park Area A on January 7, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (North Clackamas Watersheds Council) Prior to recycling, remove all decorations, lights, tinsel, wire, nails, spikes, stands, plastic, and other added materials from the tree’s branches.
Remove the frames and anything else from the wreaths that isn’t a plant. Contact the collecting group or recycler to find out their stance on swags and other greenery. Not everyone appreciates flocked trees.
Real Christmas trees and foliage can be recycled with yard waste, taken to a recycling facility, or donated to a charity, all of which are viable options for their future use. Christmas trees left at the curb for trash collection are subject to garbage company regulations. Hilton Flores and his colleagues wrote this article for the Staten Island Advance.
Oregon volunteers are ready to help you recycle real Christmas trees https://t.co/3ErnK8s6F8
— HereisOregon (@HereIsOregon) January 1, 2023
Trash Haulers
The garbage service will remove the tree or other natural Christmas decoration if it fits within the bin and is collected on the regularly scheduled pick-up day. If your tree fits into your garbage can when the lid is closed, it should be discarded with the rest of your yard waste. If the tree is too large to fit in the bin, break it up and empty it into the cart.
If the tree is shorter than six feet in length, it can be placed next to the cart on the curb, while taller trees will need to be chopped; in any case, there may be an extra charge for the extra trash.
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