Rockridge: Recycle Your Christmas Tree

Is your beautiful Christmas tree looking a bit ragged? Don’t toss it in the trash - here’s how to recycle it.

Waste Management is providing free curbside holiday tree pickup for residential customers.

Trees must be cut to at most 6 feet long and be free of snow flocking, tinsel, ornaments, nails, and metal or wood tree stands. Customers may place trees at the curb or in a green yard waste cart. Trees placed in carts must be able to fit with the lid closed. All curbside pickups will occur on regularly scheduled green waste pickup day.

Households can also dispose of one tree, free of charge, at the Davis Street Transfer Station (2615 Davis St., San Leandro). Additional trees will be accepted at a charge of $5 per tree.

Customers disposing trees with snow flocking, tinsel, ornaments, nails and metal or wood tree stands will be charged a $50 minimum fee.

Holiday Tree Recycling Pickup Schedules

Single Family Homes

• Albany – Jan. 6 – Jan. 31
• Castro Valley – Jan. 6 – Jan 17
• Emeryville – Jan. 6 – Jan. 17
• Hayward- Jan. 4 – Jan 15

Multi-Family Properties

• Albany – Properties with between 3 to 99 units can place trees in central waste collection area for
• pickup on Jan. 7. Owners of larger properties can contact Waste Management at (925) 837-3356 for a
• free roll-off box.
• Castro Valley – Properties with 5 units or more: Place trees in central waste collection area or in
• yard waste container.
• Emeryville – Owners of properties with 4 units or more: Either place trees curbside, in waste
• collection area, or contact Waste Management at (510) 613-8710 to request roll-off box free of
• charge.
• Hayward – Properties with between 5 to 24 units place trees curbside. Larger properties may contact
• Waste Management at (925) 837-3356 to order a free roll-off box.
• Oakland – Properties with between 5 and 100 units may place trees curbside on compost service day.
• Owners of properties with more than 100 units are asked to contact Waste Management at (510) 613-
• 8710 to determine collection method.
• Oro Loma – Owners of properties with more than 5 units that have bin service may contact Waste
• Management at (510) 613-8710 to request a roll-off box free of charge.
• San Ramon – Trees will be collected from multi-family properties during the week of Jan 13.