Where To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Forsyth County

CUMMING, GA — The holidays are over and it's time to take the lights and ornaments off your Christmas tree and dispose of it.

If you live in Forsyth County, you can recycle your tree at "Bring One for the Chipper" drives from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Saturday, Jan. 5, at these locations:

• Home Depot, 1000 Market Place Blvd., Cumming
• Home Depot, 2635 Peachtree Parkway, Suwanee
• Vickery Creek Elementary School, 6280 Post Road, Cumming

You can also drop off your Christmas tree from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at these recycling centers (closed Monday, Jan. 21):

• Tolbert Street Recycling Convenience Center, 351 Tolbert St., Cumming
• Old Atlanta Recycling Convenience Center, 3678 Old Atlanta Road, Suwanee
• Coal Mountain Recycling Convenience Center, 3560 Settingdown Road, Cumming

Each year, the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation works with private sponsors like Home Depot to organize Bring One for the Chipper events around the state.

Since its inception, the Chipper program has recycled an estimated 6 million Christmas trees, according to the foundation. The program transforms trees into mulch for playgrounds, city and county landscaping projects, and individual homes. Many communities also choose to sink the trees into lakes to create fish habitats.

For more information, call Keep Forsyth County Beautiful at 770-205-4573. To find other Bring One for the Chipper sites, please click here.

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