Recycle Your Christmas Tree and Get A Jump on Garden Season

Are you anxious to take down your tree now that the holidays are over? Take advantage of the City of Chicago's Holiday Tree Recycling Program. Beginning Friday, January 1 to January 17, various locations around the city will be accepting trees to be chipped and turned into garden mulch.

Free mulch will be available to residents for pick up beginning Friday, January 8 until January 17. Here is a list of locations to drop off your tree. 

• Bessemer Park, 8930 S. Muskegon Ave.
• Clark Park, 3400 N. Rockwell St.
• Forestry Site, 900 E. 103rd St.
• Garfield Park,100 N. Central Park Ave.
• Grant Park, 900 S. Columbus Dr.
• Humboldt Park Boathouse,1369 N. Sacramento Ave.
• Jackson Park, 6300 S. Cornell Ave.
• Kennedy Park,11320 S. Western Ave.
• Kelvyn Park, 4438 W. Wrightwood Ave.
• Lake Meadows Park, 3117 S. Rhodes Ave.
• Lincoln Park, Cannon Dr. at Fullerton Ave.(Parking lot east of Cannon Dr.)
• 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 Ave.
• Portage Park, 4100 N. Long Ave.
• Riis Park, 6100 W. Fullerton Ave.
• Rowan Park, 11546 S. Avenue L
• Sheridan Park, 910 S. Aberdeen St.
• Warren Park, 6601 N. Western Ave.
• Wentworth Park, 5625 S. Mobile Ave.

Note: No other recyclable materials may be dropped off at these locations. A list of city recycling facilities may be found here.