CBS 2 Goes Green

• Jan 1, 2008 1:49 pm US/Eastern
• Digg | Facebook | E-mail

  Close WindowE-mail This Page

  Sanitation Begin Picking Up Christmas Trees Thurs.

  Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

  ---

  • Recipient E-mail:* 
  • • Your Name:* 
    • Your E-mail:* 
  • Add a Message:
  •   Send me a copy of this e-mail.

  • Type the characters in this picture:* Click here to refresh with new letters

  ---

  The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

  Send E-mail

  | Print

Sanitation Begin Picking Up Christmas Trees Thurs.

NEW YORK (AP) ― What to do with your Christmas tree?

New York City sanitation begins picking up trees at the curb on Thursday. However, the trees must be free of all tinsel, lights, ornaments and stands.

Sanitation will collect trees through Jan. 16.

Commissioner John Doherty says the trees will be chipped and turned into mulch that is used at city parks, ballfields and community gardens. Residents will be able to get the mulch for their own use beginning this Saturday and Sunday, at the "annual mulchfest" held at various parks in the five boroughs.

Last year sanitation collected over 166,000 trees.

WCBSTV.com's Most Popular Pages

  Openly Gay Celebrities
  Hooray For The Red, White And Zooom!
  Hollywood Walk Of Names: Celebrity Real Names Revealed
  When It Was Out To Be Out
  100 Greatest Movies Of All Time

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)