Recycle Your Christmas Tree Jan. 7 in Canton

CANTON, GA -- The city of Canton will once again team up with the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation to allow citizens to recycle their Christmas trees.

The city will take part in the 26th annual Bring One for the Chipper initiative from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at Boling Park.

Residents are asked to remove all lights and decorations before their trees are recycled into mulch.

The program is part of a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Since 1991 Bring One for the Chipper has collected more than six million trees and provided over one million tree seedlings to participants. Last year more than 250,000 trees were recycled.

The mulch from these trees has also been used for playgrounds, local government beautification projects and individual yards.

Boling Park is located at 1200 Marietta Highway in Canton. For more information or to find other drop-off locations, visit Keep Georgia Beautiful's website.

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