Free recycling of Christmas trees in South Lake Tahoe

Submitted by paula on Tue, 12/26/2017 - 5:45pm

Weekly residential customers of South Tahoe Refuse and Recycling in Nevada and California can now get rid of their Christmas trees through their free curbside recycling program.

From December 26, 2017 through January 8, 2018, place the tree out on normal trash pick-up days for pick up.

To have them pick up trees, make sure the following are done:

Cut tree into six-foot lengths.
Remove tinsel, lights, nails and stands from your tree.
Flocked trees are not accepted as they cannot be recycled into compost.

Commercial customers can drop trees off at the Resource Recovery Facility in South Lake Tahoe for the two weeks following Christmas at no charge.

All trees will recycled into compost in the Carson Valley.

Contact them for further information at 530.541.5105.