Where To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Cumming

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA – Bring One for the Chipper is a 27-year-old Georgia tradition involving hundreds of Georgia communities and thousands of volunteers. Since its inception, the program has recycled an estimated six million Christmas trees. The mulch from these trees has been used for playgrounds, local government beautification projects and individual yards. You can support the Chipper program by bringing your cut Christmas tree to a designated drop off site or volunteering with your local coordinator to collect trees.

Bring One for the Chipper locations include:

• Home Depot - 1000 Market Place Boulevard. No trees at this site after 4 p.m. on Jan. 5.
• Home Depot - 2635 Peachtree Parkway. No trees at this site after 4 p.m. on Jan. 5.
• Vickery Creek Elementary School - 6280 Post Road. No trees at this site after 4 p.m. on Jan. 5.
• Tolbert Street Recycling Convenience Center - 351 Tolbert Street. Open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees through Jan. 26.
• Old Atlanta Recycling Convenience Center - 3678 Old Atlanta Road. Open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees through Jan. 26.
• Coal Mountain Recycling Convenience Center - 3560 Settingdown Road. Open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees through Jan. 26.

Bring One for the Chipper is Georgia's annual Christmas tree recycling program. Each year, Keep Georgia Beautiful works with private sponsors to organize the recycling event. These statewide sponsors included The Home Depot, The Davey Tree Expert Company, Georgia Forestry Commission and WXIA-TV. Numerous local sponsors and volunteers also make contributions and provide in-kind services across the state.

More links from Bring One for the Chipper:
Organize a Christmas tree Collection Program
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