How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Miami-Dade County

Miami FL

26 December, 2020

9:57 PM

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL — Starting Saturday, Miami-Dade County residents can recycle their clean, decoration-free natural Christmas trees through the Department of Solid Waste's Christmas Tree Recycling Program. The trees can be brought to select trash and recycling centers or the West Miami-Dade Home Chemical Collection Center, where they'll be recycled into mulch. The mulch available to residents on a first-come, first-served basis this spring. Trees can be brought in for recycling to one of the following trash and recycling centers, which are open daily from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Eureka Drive, 9401 SW 184 StreetGolden Glades, 140 NW 160 StreetMoody Drive, 12970 SW 268 StreetNorth Dade Landfill, 21500 NW 47 Ave.Norwood, 19901 NW 7th Ave.Palm Springs North, 7870 NW 178 StreetSnapper Creek, 2200 SW 117 Ave.South Miami Heights, 20800 SW 117 CourtWest Little River, 1830 NW 79 StreetWest Perrine, 16651 SW 107 Ave.West Miami-Dade, 8801 NW 58 St. Christmas tree mulch will be available at the following seven locations this spring: Eureka Drive, 9401 SW 184 StreetGolden Glades, 140 NW 160 StreetMoody Drive, 12970 SW 268 StreetNorth Dade Landfill, 21500 NW 47 Ave.Sunset Kendall, 8000 SW 107 Ave.West Little River, 1830 NW 79 StreetWest Perrine, 16651 SW 107 Ave. Sign up online here to be emailed when mulch is available. Bring a shovel and bags or pails to take away the material. Residents who are unable to drop off their Christmas tree can place it curbside. Crews will collect Christmas trees from the curbside beginning Monday, Jan. 11. Trees will be collected in zones. Residents should place their trees at the curbside for pick-up on the Sunday before their zone's pickup week. Details including a map of the zones can be found on the county website. Here is the upcoming zone schedule: Zone 1: Jan. 11-15. The south side of SW 152nd Street to SW 400th Street. Place your tree at the curb by Sunday, Jan. 10.Zone 2: Jan. 18-22. The north side of SW 152nd Street to the south side of SW 88th Street. Place your tree at the curb by Sunday, Jan. 17.Zone 3: Jan. 25-29. The north side of SW 88th Street to the south side of NW 25th Street. Place your tree at the curb by Sunday, Jan. 24.Zone 4: Feb. 1-5. The north side of NW 25th Street to NW 215th Street. Place your tree at the curb by Sunday, Jan. 31. Residents who are unable to drop off their tree for recycling or who don't want to wait for curbside collection can use one of their available scheduled bulky waste pickups to have the tree collected. For more information on the DSWM's Christmas tree recycling and collection program including drop-off locations and hours, call 311 or visit www.miamidade.gov/solidwaste.