Smaller trees should be cut and placed inside green waste container.

Jul 08, You should cut up flocked Christmas trees and dispose of them with your regular garbage. Several cities offer free tree drop-off locations, and others come to pick them up.

Trees are usually picked up a couple of weeks after Christmas. In some cities, trees must be cut into four foot lengths, so your tree may have to be cut in half. Dec 21, Disposal of Flocked Trees After New Years, most people look to dispose of their Christmas tree.

The most popular option is treecycling, where municipalities collect trees via curbside pick-up or at events, and mulch them, compost them or toss them in Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Dec 27, Flocked Trees are Not Recyclable. Though very few, there are some recyclable imitation trees out there, but the flocked types -- has fake snow on the branches -- are not. The chemicals that make up the crusty white flocking material are not recycle friendly.

Trees of this type will need to be broken down and put in your regular trash or stumppruning.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Or take clean, green holiday trees to the Davis Street Transfer Station for recycling at no charge.

Jul 08, Flocked Christmas tree disposal: How to safely take down and discard your trees. July 8, christmastwist. Every year, holiday fires injure roughly 2, to 2, people. But face it, there are basic, surefire steps you can follow to take down and dispose of your flocked Christmas trees safely.

Benefits from recycling these trees include extending the life of the landfill and reusing natural and limited resources. NOTE Please remember to remove all nails, tree stands, lights and decorations.

All drop-off collection sites are closed for the season.

These items damage the grinding equipment. Also, wreaths, snow flocked trees and artificial trees cannot be recycled. Flocked trees are not accepted (they become ordinary waste) Wood, whether in its natural form, such as tree limbs, shrubs or bushes, or in a processed form, such as lumber, takes up considerable space in landfills.

Ada County Landfill partners with a contractor to mulch wood for a variety of reuse purposes. Dec 29, Non-recyclable flocked trees or trees with tinsel can be picked up by Amador Valley Industries. Callto arrange for disposal of your flocked or tinseled tree. An additional fee may apply, unless you use one of the three large item collections available to.