After the lights come off and the ornaments are put back in their boxes this year, Long Beach residents will have 12 sites across the city where they can drop off their Christmas trees to be recycled.
The city will be operating a dozen free drop-off locations starting Dec. 26 and ending Jan. 7 where residents can leave their trees. For anyone unable to drop their trees off at one of the 12 locations, the city will pick up Christmas trees from the homes of anyone whose trash is picked up by the city on Jan. 8.
In order for city refuse workers to pick up your tree, all the decoration and stands just be removed and trees larger than 12 feet tall should be cut in half, according to a memo posted by the city.
Flocked trees will be accepted for pick up. All trees need to be placed where you’d normally put your trash cans by 7 a.m. on Jan. 8.
The memo noted that the city’s refuse workers will try to pick up all trees on this date but if yours is not collected on Jan. 8, it will be picked up throughout the rest of that week of Jan. 10.
The drop-off locations will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on the weekends from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Here is a full list of drop-off locations throughout the city:
- Houghton Park at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Harding Street
- LBPD North Police Substation 4891 N. Atlantic Avenue at Del Amo Boulevard
- Veterans Park at 28th Street and Pine Avenue
- Wardlow Park at Monlaco Road and Rutgers Avenue
- El Dorado Park at the south parking lot behind the administration building at 2760 Studebaker Road
- Hudson Park at Hill Street and Webster Avenue
- Environmental Services Bureau 2929 E. Willow Street
- Stearns Park at 23rd Street and Roycroft Avenue
- Orizaba Park at Orizaba Avenue and 14th Street
- Cesar E. Chavez Park at Golden Shore Street and Fourth Street
- Bixby Park at First Street and Cherry Avenue
- Fire Station 14 at 5200 Eliot St.