Bring One For The Chipper Set For Jan 6 In Milton

MILTON, GA — The city of Milton will offer an opportunity for you to recycle your live Christmas trees. The city's Bring One for the Chipper event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6.

Residents can drop off undecorated trees at the one-day collection site held at Milton High School. Please note that flocked (snowed) trees will not be accepted at this location.

If you do not want to wait until after the New Year to dump your tree, you can visit Scottsdale Farms Garden Center from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 to recycle one's tree. The farm is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday (closed on New Year's Day) and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. No flocked trees will be accepted, and the farm will accept the trees through Jan. 5.

Home Depot on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta will also take part in the annual Bring One for the Chipper initiative, which is a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Keep Georgia Beautiful and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs have joined with The Home Depot, 11 Alive and the Davey Tree Expert Company to sponsor this recycling program.

Information for all drop-off areas is available by zip code on the initiatives' website. Since 1991 Bring One for the Chipper has collected more than six million trees and provided over one million tree seedlings to participants.

More than 250,000 trees were recycled last year during the program, the state says produces tangible environmental benefits.

Image via city of Milton