Toms River Wants You To Recycle Your Christmas Tree

TOMS RIVER, NJ — If you chose the first weekend in January to take down your decorations and your Christmas tree, township officials have a message: Recycle them, please.

The township's Parks and Recreation Department conducts a Christmas tree recycling program each January, and officials are urging residents to recycle them by taking them to one of nine locations listed below.

"The trees will be made into wood chips rather than being added to the landfill, thus saving landfill tipping fees," officials said.

The locations are spread around the township:

• Skyview Park (Vaughn Avenue)
• Riverwood Park (Riverwood Avenue)
• Silverton Park (Maine Street)
• Bayside Park (Bay Boulevard, Ortley Beach)
• Bey Lea Park (Tennis Court and Parking Lot)
• Chadwick Beach Park (Strickland Boulevard)
• Money Island Park (Longfellow Avenue)
• Winding River Park - South (Off Route 37 West)
• Toms River Township Recycling Center (Church Road)

The Public Works Department will collect Christmas trees after the Parks & Recreation recycling program is completed. Curbside tree collection is scheduled for Jan. 21 through Feb. 1. After Feb. 1, all trees must be dropped off at the township's Recycling Convenience Center on Church Road.

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