The County of Los Angeles (County) has contracted with waste haulers serving the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to provide Christmas tree recycling services to residences and multi-residential complexes, and commercial, institutional, and industrial entities. More information on the County’s Christmas Tree Recycling program is available by calling 1-888-CleanLA (1-888-253-2652) and on the web at www.cleanla.com.
The City of Los Angeles (City) asks that residents recycle their trees by cutting them up and placing them in their green waste container. If they are unable to use their green waste container or cannot cut up their trees to place in the container, they may also recycle their trees by bringing them to one of the drop-off sites operated by the City.
Christmas Tree Recycling
LA Sanitation & Environment has curbside collection for Christmas trees, making it convenient to properly and safely recycle your tree. There are several options.
3 ways to schedule Christmas tree collection:
Call our 24-hour Customer Care Center at 1-800-773-2489
*Visit MYLA311 website and create a “Bulky Items” ticket and select “Christmas Tree” in the drop down menu
*Create a request by clicking the green SERVICE REQUEST tab on the right of the screen of our homepage. Create a “Bulky Items” ticket and select “Christmas Tree” in the drop down menu
How to recycle your Christmas tree?
REMOVE all decorations, tinsel, and stand from the tree.
CUT* the tree into pieces, if needed, to fit into a green bin.
PLACE the tree pieces inside the green bin and put out for regular pick-up on collection day.
*If your Christmas tree is too big to cut and place inside the green bin, simply place the tree curbside next to your green waste bin on collection day.
Flocked trees and artificial trees can’t be recycled. Please place them in the black container to go to the landfill.
O Christmas tree, which is more sustainable: real or plasticky?
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