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Recycle Christmas Trees At Ocean County's Parks
You can drop your tree off at several of the county's parks. They are turned into wood chips used for landscaping county facilities.
TOMS RIVER, NJ — If you're already thinking about the process of taking down your Christmas tree and are trying to decide what to do with it, Ocean County is urging residents to recycle.
Cut trees can be brought to county-owned parks from now through Jan. 31. The trees are turned into wood chips for landscaping county facilities. They also have been used to help towns build up the dunes on their beaches.
Last year, the Ocean County Parks Department collected almost 1,400 trees, county officials said.
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Island Beach State Park also uses trees to support its dune replenishment. Read more: Island Beach State Park Accepting Christmas Trees To Build Dunes
Christmas trees should have all tinsel and decorations removed. They can be dropped off at the following Ocean County parks:
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- Beaver Dam County Park, 3430 Bridge Avenue, Point Pleasant
- Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond, 301 Chambers Bridge Avenue, Brick
- Ocean County Park, 659 Ocean Avenue, Lakewood
- Patriots County Park, 485 Bowman Road, Jackson
- Cattus Island County Park, 1170 Cattus Island Boulevard, Toms River
- Jakes Branch County Park, 1100 Double Trouble Road, Beachwood
- Mill Creek County Park, 11 Chelsea Avenue, Berkeley Township
- Robert J. Miller Airpark, 901 Route 530, Berkeley Township
- Enos Pond County Park, 330 East Lacey Road, Forked River
- Wells Mills County Park, 905 Route 532, Waretown
- Cloverdale Farm County Park, 34 Cloverdale Road, Barnegat
- A. Paul King County Park, 2 W. Bay Avenue, Stafford Township
- Freedom Fields County Park, 1160 Route 539, Little Egg Harbor
- Stanley H."Tip" Seaman County Park, 120 Lakeside Drive, Tuckerton
- Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis, 261 Country Club Boulevard, Little Egg Harbor
Christmas trees are also accepted at both the Northern and Southern Recycling Centers year-round during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday). The southern center is at 379 Haywood Road, Manahawkin. The northern center is at 601 New Hampshire Ave., Lakewood.
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