CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM & 32nd ANNUAL
CITY OF HOUSTON TREE MULCHING EVENT
December 20, 2022: Houston's Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) encourages residents to recycle live Christmas trees after the holidays. The holiday season is filled with the purchase of live Christmas trees by families which can be repurposed for mulch or other landscape materials.
On Tuesday, December 27, 2022, SWMD will open 24 residential Christmas tree drop-off recycling locations throughout Houston through Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Please find the locations listed below.
To recycle a live Christmas tree, residents must remove all lights, wire, tinsel, ornaments, nails, stands, and other non-organic decorative materials. Trees that are flocked, artificial, or painted will NOT be recycled. Your scheduled junk waste collection day can be used to dispose of any artificial trees.
Additionally, recycling is also available for live Christmas trees through the city's yard waste curbside collection program.
Recycling trees will result in rich mulch that will be available in bags or bulk directly from Living Earth and other local area retailers.
Save the Date: Friday, January 6, 2023, and join Mayor Sylvester Turner, Council Members, SWMD, along with representatives from Reliant Energy, Living Earth, and the Houston Parks & Recreation Department for the 32nd Annual Christmas Tree Mulching event, at City Hall Reflection Pool, 11:30 a.m.
 View a Google Map of Christmas Tree recycling sites here.
CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING LOCATIONS:
LIVING EARTH -
MON-FRI 7:00am to 5:00pm and Saturday 7:00am - 12pm
Living Earth closed Monday, December 26, 2022 and Monday, January 2, 2023
- Living Earth - 5802 Crawford Road, Houston, 77041
- Living Earth - 1503 Industrial Drive, Missouri City, 77489
- Living Earth - 1700 E Highway 90Alt, Richmond, 77469
- Living Earth - 12200 Cutten Road, Houston, 77060
- Living Earth - 16138 Highway 6, Iowa Colony, 77583
- Living Earth - 5210 S. Sam Houston Parkway E, Houston, 77048
- Living Earth - 27733 Katy Freeway, Katy, 77494
- Living Earth - 10310 Beaumont Highway, Houston, 77078
- Living Earth - 17555 I-45 South, Conroe, 77385
- Living Earth - 20611 U.S. 59, New Caney, 77357
- Living Earth - 1000 Dickinson Ave, Dickinson, 77539
- Living Earth – 9306 FM 523 Freeport, 77541
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