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Today's Christmas Tree Recycling Events

Today's Christmas Tree Recycling Events

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The “Bring One for the Chipper” Campaign is taking place all across Georgia TODAY. If you haven’t heard, “Bring One for the Chipper” is a Christmas tree recycling program in Georgia. The 2011 event celebrates 20 years of “treecycling” in the state of Georgia.
 
Information for all drop-off areas in Georgia is available by zip code on the “Bring One for the Chipper” website at www.KeepGeorgiaBeautiful.org.
 
Here are some of the “Bring One for the Chipper” events taking place in Georgia TODAY:
 
 
Gwinnett County
 
See previous blog post by the Tamra Wade and Partners team titled “Bring One for the Chipper Campaign” for details on Gwinnett County’s event, locations, involvement and volunteer opportunities.
 
Click Here for a Complete List of Gwinnett County Drop-Off Locations
 
 
Cobb County
 
Keep Cobb Beautiful is hosting 13 drop-off locations on Saturday, January 8th from 9am till 4pm. Participants will receive seedlings to thank them for recycling. See all the Cobb County sites here.
Cobb County

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City of Dalton / Whitfield County

Dalton-Whitfield has been participating in this holiday recycling tradition for over ten years. The “Bring One for the Chipper” event will take place on Saturday, January 8th from 9am till 4pm. Volunteers will be at the Home Depot at 875 Shugart Road in Dalton to accept your trees. In exchange for recycling, the participants will receive a free tree seedling or packet of seeds. This service is free to the residents of the City of Dalton and Whitfield County. For all the event details, visit the Dalton Whitfield Solid Waste Authority website. Or view their flyer.

 

City of Alpharetta / North Fulton County

The City of Alpharetta and North Fulton County area celebrates 21 years of Christmas tree recycling. The 21st Annual “Bring One for the Chipper” Event will be held on Saturday, January 8th from 9am till 3pm. Residents should bring their trees to the Home Depot located at 5300 Windward Parkway. The trees will be chipped into mulch for public projects. The mulch is also available free to Alpharetta citizens. To request mulch, you will need to fill out this request form.

 

Roswell

The Historic Roswell Kiwanis and Keep Roswell Beautiful will hold their recycling event at two Home Depot locations on Saturday, January 8th from 9am till 4pm. The Home Depot at 870 Woodstock Road in Roswell or the Home Depot at 1570 Holcomb Bridge Road. Roswell has been participating in the program for 21 years and expects to recycle around 11,000 trees. They will also recycle strands of lights.

 

Pickens County

Keep Pickens Beautiful is sponsoring the “Bring One for the Chipper” event in Pickens County. Residents are invited to recycle their Christmas trees on Saturday, January 8th from 9am till 4pm. The event will be located at the Park’n Ride across the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce Building in Newton Park at 500 Stegall Street. For more information, please see the Keep Pickens Beautiful website.

Chipper

Photo By www.KeepGeorgiaBeautiful.org

“Bring One for the Chipper” is a state-wide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Keep Georgia Beautiful works with sponsors and volunteers each year to organize recycling events across the state.

You can sign up on the Keep Georgia Beautiful website to get free mulch delivered to your home.

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