If you live in the city of Houston and have a natural Christmas tree, you can simply put it out for curbside recycling. If you need to deal with it before then, here are your options:
Those who don’t want to wait for their curbside days to roll around can drop off their bare trees until Jan. 9 — except for New Year’s Day — at the following sites:
CITY OF HOUSTON
Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted• Sunbeam Neighborhood Depository: 5100 Sunbeam
• Central Neighborhood Depository: 2240 Central St.
• Kirkpatrick Neighborhood Depository: 5565 Kirkpatrick
• Windfern Neighborhood Depository: 6023 Windfern
• N. Main Neighborhood Depository: 9003 N. Main
• Southwest Neighborhood Depository:10785 SW Frwy
• Doss Park: 2500 Frick Rd. (Gates close at 5 p.m.)
• Memorial Park Ball Fields 4 and 5: 7300 Memorial Drive
• T.C. Jester Park: 4200 T.C. Jester West
• Kingwood: 4102 Rustic Woods Drive
• Ellington Airport: Highway 3 at Brantley Road
• Westpark Consumer Recycling Center: 5900 Westpark (Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)Learn more at www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/christmastree_recycling.html
LIVING EARTH TECHNOLOGY
Open Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Jan. 9
(Living Earth is the company that composts the city of Houston’s Christmas trees at no cost.)• 5625 Crawford
• 1503 Industrial Drive
• 1700 Highway 90A East
• 12202 Cutten Road
• 16138 Highway 6
• 5210 S. Sam Houston Pkwy.Learn more at www.livingearth.net/contact/
THE GROUND UP
This Houston landscaping company will grind up dropped-off trees into mulch. There’s a limit of two trees per family.• 9945 Windfern Road in northwest Houston
• 19102 FM 1093 Road in the Richmond/Katy area .Learn more at www.thegroundup.com/index.php/contact/.
There’s information at that link for other cities and counties as well, so check it out.