Each holiday season, the City of La Puente provides a free Christmas Tree Recycling Drop-off Program where residents can take their holiday trees to La Puente Park at 501 N. Glendora Avenue for recycling.  This year’s drop off program will begin on December 26, 2009 to January 9, 2010.

To recycle Christmas trees, make sure your tree is free of all decorations.  This means removing all lights, tinsel, garland, plastic wrap, tree stands, wire, rope, nails, and all other foreign materials from trees before recycling them.

Recycling your tree saves valuable landfill space!  Trees are grounded into mulch, compost, or alternative daily landfill cover which reduces soil erosion and deters weed growth.

While the event is free of charge, individuals dropping off their holiday trees must be a City of La Puente resident to participate.  For further information, please call La Puente City Hall at (626) 855-1500 or call Valley Vista Services at (800) 442-6454.