'Tree-Cycle' Your Holiday Tree

Port Washington residents are encouraged to recycle their live Christmas trees, unwanted electronics and old holiday lights this season, in keeping with the Town of North Hempstead’s commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle.

To dispose of Christmas trees, residents can leave them curbside on normal yard waste pick-up days for the first two weeks of January.

“’Tree-cycling’ is just another way that we can benefit our environment in the Town of North Hempstead,” Supervisor Judi Bosworth said.

“Old trees can be turned into mulch for garden or landscaping which ultimately saves other trees from being cut down,” she added.

You can also recycle holiday lights and any unwanted electronics, prevalent especially this time of year with electronics a popular gift, leaving many with the dilemma of how to dispose of old items responsibly. Collected electronic waste is hauled off by the town’s EPA certified e-waste recycler, who disassembles the items, salvages the useable parts, separates out potentially damaging materials, and recycles the balance.

Residents can dump energy-gulping holiday lights until the end of January, and other unwanted electronics on Sundays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at North Hempstead’s residential drop-off site, located at 999 West Shore Road in Roslyn. E-waste can also be disposed of during the weekdays at North Hempstead’s Solid Waste Management Authority, or SWMA, located at 802 West Shore Road in Port Washington, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m, excluding holidays.

For more information on “Tree-Cycling”, please call 311 or visit www.northhempsteadny.gov.

Photo via Flickr/Creative Commons/Steve White

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