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Artificial Christmas trees cannot be recycled, reused or turned into mulch 

Buying a Real Christmas tree does not deplete the forest.
It is like buying food or fiber products and is fully reusable

Keeping trees out of landfills means that your Christmas tree will continue to be a valuable resource
Christmas trees turned into mulch and firewood allow for the recycling of the renewable energy stored in the tree
   
Most municipalities have a Christmas tree recycling and mulching program.
Typically, you can recycle your Christmas tree free of charge at seasonal drop-off locations or directly at landfills
Most programs chip Christmas trees into mulch
The mulch is used in green spaces around the municipality and is often available free of charge to residents
The programs are announced in your local media just after the Holiday season
Please contact your municipality for details
You see the various stages of growth on a Christmas tree plantation
Plantation view by helicopter
You see the various stages of growth
that occur on a Christmas tree plantation
Lennoxville, Quebec
Transplant Beds
Alternate Ideas
Other ideas of what you can do with your tree include:
Use the tree for fish and aquatic habitat near shorelines
Cut into small pieces and use for decorating your plant beds
Use this year's tree for firewood. Cut the tree into pieces for use at a bonfire
You may want to keep a small piece to start next year's first holiday fire
In Nova Scotia, trees are used to protect sand dunes from erosion
Center of a white pine branch with clumps of needles growing outwards
If there is no program in your community to reuse Christmas trees please start a recycling program


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