The city of Long Beach is again recycling Christmas trees starting Friday, Dec. 26, with many opportunities to drop off your (live) tree through Jan. 8.
The city will be setting up 12 drop-off locations, all of which will be open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Face coverings are required.
All tree decorations and stands must be removed, and trees over 12 feet tall should be cut in half. No artificial trees are allowed.
The locations are:
- Houghton Park (Myrtle Avenue at Harding Street)
- North Police Substation (4891 N. Atlantic Ave. at Del Amo Boulevard, enter on 46th Street)
- Veterans Park (28th Street at Pine Avenue)
- Wardlow Park (Monlaco Road at Rutgers Avenue)
- El Dorado Park (2760 N. Studebaker Road; South parking lot, behind Administration Building)
- Hudson Park (Hill Street at Webster Avenue)
- Long Beach Environmental Services Bureau Offices (2929 E. Willow St.)
- Stearns Park (23rd Street at Roycroft Avenue)
- Orizaba Park (Orizaba Avenue at 14th Street)
- Cesar E. Chavez Park (Golden Shore Street at 4th Street)
- Bixby Park (First Street at Cherry Avenue)
- Fire Station 14 (5200 E. Eliot St.)
For residents unable to drop off their holiday tree, the citywide Treecycling pick-up day will occur on Saturday, Jan. 9. City refuse customers may place their tree where recycling is normally collected by 7 a.m.
The city sends the trees to a chipping facility, where they are turned into landscaping and mulch, or to a biomass conversion facility for energy generation. The city each year collects about 200 tons of trees, equal to 10,000 to 15,000 trees.
For more information on the Treecycling program, visit longbeach.gov/lbrecycles.