For Residents

Christmas Tree Recycling

You can recycle your natural Christmas tree!

Please have your tree available for pick up starting January 11, 2010. It will be collected within two weeks, but not necessarily on your scheduled waste collection day.

Please remove all decorations from your tree, including tree stands, before setting it out for collection. Place the unbagged tree on its side beside your garbage. Large trees should be cut into sections under two meters (six feet).

If you live in an apartment or condo, do not put your tree in or beside your blue bin. Please take your tree to a community Recycling Depot until January 22nd, or to an Eco Station from January 2nd to January 30th.

Approximately 14,202 trees (186 tonnes) were collected for recycling following Christmas in 2008. The chipped trees are used for landscaping and composting at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre.

Did you know?

Edmontonians have been setting out their Christmas trees for recycling and composting since 1990. That adds up to 3,961 tonnes of trees that were not sent to landfill.