Recycle Your Christmas Tree At Ocean County Parks

TOMS RIVER, NJ — If your New Year's weekend includes taking down your Christmas tree, Ocean County officials are urging you to consider recycling it at one of the county's parks.

Trees that are dropped off at the county parks (see the list below) are turned into wood chips that are offered to residents for their home landscaping and are used by the county for its landscaping projects and trail work, along with things such as slope stabilization at Natural Lands sites, the county said in a news release.

"Recycling trees is an easy way for our residents to get rid of their tree after the holiday," said Ocean County Commissioner Virginia E. Haines, who chairs the county's Department of Parks and Recreation.

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

• Cattus Island County Park, 1170 Cattus Island Blvd., Toms River
• Cloverdale Farm County Park, 34 Cloverdale Road, Barnegat Township
• Wells Mills County Park, 905 Route 532, Ocean Township
• Ocean County Park, 659 Ocean Ave. (Route 88), Lakewood
• Beaver Dam County Park, 3430 Bridge Ave., Point Pleasant
• Jakes Branch County Park, 1100 Double Trouble Road, Beachwood
• Mill Creek County Park, 11 Chelsea Ave., 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 Township
• Stanley H."Tip" Seaman County Park, 120 Lakeside Drive, Tuckerton
• A. Paul King County Park, 2 W. Bay Ave., Stafford Township
• Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis, 261 Country Club Blvd., Little Egg Harbor Township
• Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond, 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick

Christmas trees also are accepted at the Northern and Southern Recycling Centers year-round during regular business hours (7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Saturday). The Southern Recycling Center is located at 379 Haywood Road, Manahawkin. The Northern Recycling Center is located at 535 Oberlin Ave. South, Lakewood.

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