Bring One For The Chipper on Saturday in Alpharetta, Milton

Alpharetta and Milton residents who still are holding onto those Christmas trees will soon have a way to properly dispose of them.

The city of Milton and Milton Grows Green on Saturday will team up to participate in Keep Georgia Beautiful’s Bring One For The Chipper program.

Residents can drop off their trees from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 3 at three locations:

• Scottsdale Farms Landscape Co. & Nursery, 15639 Birmingham Highway, Alpharetta (flocked trees will only be accepted at this location);
• Milton High School, 13025 Birmingham Highway, Milton (use the Freemanville Road entrance); and
• The Home Depot, 5300 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta.

Dogwood saplings, donated by the Rotary Club of Alpharetta, will be handed out Jan. 4 to residents as quantities last.

Volunteers from the Milton Chapter of the Young Men’s Service League and the Alpharetta Rotary Club will offer assisted drop-off. Tree chipping services will once again be provided by Casey Tree Experts.

For those who don’t have time to drop off a tree, Milton Boy Scout Troop 841 will pick up trees and recycle them for a $15 donation. Residents can schedule a pick-up by e-mailing treepickup841@yahoo.com.

For Alpharetta residents, the city’s Natural Resources Commission will set up shop at The Home Depot on Windward Parkway to accept undecorated trees.

Trees will be chipped into mulch by the Davey Tree Expert Company. Mulch is then used for public beautification projects and is available free to Alpharetta citizens. To request mulch, please fill out the request form on the city’s website.

Information for all drop-off areas is available by zip code on the Bring One for the Chipper website. Since 1991 the initiative has collected more than five million trees and provided over one million tree seedlings to participants. Last year more than 250,000 trees were recycled. The program produces tangible environmental benefits.

Photo credit: city of Milton’s 2013 Bring One For The Chipper program