Community Corner

8 Lake County Forest Preserves To Recycle Your Christmas Tree This Season

Bring your real, undecorated tree to a marked drop-off sites at preserves around Lake County, open 6:30 am–sunset daily, until Feb. 1, 2024.

No yard waste or commercial drop-offs are accepted.
No yard waste or commercial drop-offs are accepted. (Lake County Forest Preserve)

November 27, 2023 11:40 AM

From festive to forest. Recycle your tree for a greener tomorrow.

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Don't send your Christmas tree to the landfill. Donate it to us, and we'll recycle it into wood chips for trails and landscaping in your forest preserves.

Bring your real, undecorated tree to one of eight marked drop-off sites at preserves around Lake County, open 6:30 am–sunset daily, through February 1, 2024. No yard waste or commercial drop-offs are accepted.

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This press release was produced by the Lake County Forest Preserve. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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