Will County Forest Preserve District Offers Christmas Tree Recycling

From the Forest Preserve District of Will County:

Every year, millions of Christmas trees end up in landfills. However, you can give your tree a second life by recycling it with the Forest Preserve. Your tree will take a new life “path” by becoming mulch used on our trails and for landscaping.

Trees will be accepted every day from Saturday, Dec. 27 through Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. in designated areas of the parking lots at the following Visitor Centers:

• Isle a la Cache Museum in Romeoville
• Monee Reservoir in Monee
• Plum Creek Nature Center in Beecher
  
• Sugar Creek Administration Center in Joliet

Signage on-site directs visitors to the drop-off locations.

Please remove all tinsel, lights, and ornaments before dropping off your tree.

If you bring your tree to Monee Reservoir or Sugar Creek Administration Center, you can also recycle your string lights (holiday lights on wires) at the electronics recycling bins there. Learn more about our electronics recycling program.

The program is for individual households only; no commercial trees.