'Bring One For The Chipper' Turns Christmas Trees into Free Mulch For Residents

The Alpharetta Natural Resources Commission, Keep Georgia Beautiful and partners invite residents to recycle their own old Christmas tree after the holidays at the 25th annual Bring One for the Chipper event.

On Saturday, January 3rd, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Alpharetta residents can bring their trees to The Home Depot located at 5300 Windward Parkway.

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.

This program is part of a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Keep Georgia Beautiful and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs have joined with corporate sponsors: The Home Depot, 11 Alive and the Davey Tree Expert Company to sponsor this recycling program.

Local sponsors include Windward Parkway Home Depot, the Alpharetta-Johns Creek Kiwanis Club, Windward Parkway Chick-Fil-A Store, The Alpharetta Rotary Club and the Alpharetta Young Men’s Service League.

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.

For more information, contact Terry Porter with the city of Alpharetta at (678) 297-6200 or tporter@alpharetta.ga.us.

Photo credit: Alpharetta Natural Resources Commission’s Facebook page