Christmas Tree Recycling: If Only All Logging Was Like This
24 12 2007
In North America alone, around 30-35 million trees are sold for the holidays…luckily though, the jolly trees are a recyclable, renewable source of holiday joy as typically around 3 seedlings are planted for every Christmas tree cut down, and as around 93% of Christmas trees purchased are estimated to be recycled.
Recycled Christmas trees are used for a variety of purposes, including for chipping (for mulches and to line trails), for enrichment of fish habitats, for the reduction of beach line erosion, for the stabilization of the shorelines of lakes and rivers, and for the management of river delta sedimentation.
Although perhaps the best idea for the holidays is a living Christmas tree that is planted in your yard, dug up for the holidays and then replanted, choosing a real Christmas tree over an artificial one means using a recyclable product versus a likely unrecyclable artificial tree, and supporting North American businesses. (Most Christmas trees are grown in Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington whereas most artificial trees are produced in China.)
For more info and pro live Christmas tree propaganda, visit the website of the National Christmas Tree Association.
And, here are a list of locations to drop off your Christmas tree in Chicago:
Bessemer Park: 8930 S. Muskegon Ave.
Devry Institute: 3401 N. Rockwell
Forestry Site: 900 E. 103rd St.
Garfied Park: 100 N. Central Park Ave.
Grant Park: 900 S. Columbus Dr.
Humboldt Park Boathouse: 1440 N. Sacramento Blvd.
Jackson Park: 6300 S. Cornell Dr.
Kennedy Park: 11320 S. Western Ave.
Kelvyn Park: 4438 S. Wrightwood Ave.
Lake Meadows Park: 3117 S. Rhodes Ave.
Lincoln Park: Cannon Dr. at Fullerton
Margate Park: 4921 N. Marine Dr.
Marquette Park: 6700 S. Kedzie Ave.
McKinley Park: 2210 W. Pershing Rd.
Mt. Greenwood Park: 3721 W. 111th St.
North Park Village: 5801 N. Pulaski Rd.
Norwood Park: 5801 N. Natoma
Portage Park: 4100 N. Long
Riis Park: 6100 W. Fullerton
Rowan Park: 11546 S. Avenue L
Sheridan Park: 910 S. Aberdeen St.
Warren Park: 6601 N. Western Ave.
Wentworth Park: 5625 S. Mobile Ave.
