Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Ocean County

TOMS RIVER, NJ – If you're taking down your holiday decorations and getting ready to get rid of your Christmas tree, Ocean County officials are urging you to recycle it.

Christmas trees can be dropped off at the following Ocean County park locations through Jan. 31:

• Cattus Island County Park, 1170 Cattus Island Boulevard, Toms River
• Cloverdale Farm County Park, 34 Cloverdale Road, Barnegat
• Wells Mills County Park, 905 Route 532, Waretown
• Ocean County Park, 659 Ocean Avenue, Lakewood
• Beaver Dam County Park, 3430 Bridge Avenue, Point Pleasant
• Jakes Branch County Park, 1100 Double Trouble Road, Beachwood
• Mill Creek County Park, 11 Chelsea Avenue, Berkeley Township
• Enos Pond County Park, 330 East Lacey Road, Forked River
• Robert J. Miller Airpark, 901 Route 530, Berkeley Township
• Freedom Fields County Park, 1160 Route 539, Little Egg Harbor Township
• Patriots County Park, 485 Bowman Road, Jackson
• Stanley H."Tip" Seaman County Park, 120 Lakeside Drive, Tuckerton
• A. Paul King County Park, 2 W. Bay Avenue, Stafford
• Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis, 261 Country Club Boulevard, Little Egg Harbor Township
• Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond, 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick

Christmas trees are turned into wood chips used for landscaping at numerous county parks and facilities.

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 Ocean County Southern Recycling Center is located at 379 Haywood Road, Manahawkin. The Ocean County Northern Recycling Center is located at 601 New Hampshire Ave., Lakewood.

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Photo by Renee Schiavone, Patch staff