Douglasville's Bring One For The Chipper On Saturday

DOUGLASVILLE, GA – Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 has been declared "Bring One For The Chipper Day" in Douglasville. Mayor Rochelle Robinson made the presentation to Keep Douglasville Beautiful Executive Director Chan Weeks at a recent council meeting.

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:

Douglas County Solid Waste, Cedar Mountain Landfill Douglasville - 1730 County Services Road, operation hours are: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The landfill will be accepting trees and handing out seeds, while supplies last, until the end of January.

Home Depot - 7399 Douglas Blvd, Douglasville. No trees at this site after 4 p.m. on Jan. 5.

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.

For more information about "Bring One For The Chipper Day", check out the KDB Facebook event page, call 770-920-3005, or email info@KeepDouglasvilleBeautiful.org.

Graphic courtesy City of Douglasville