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 27, 2010 and end on January 8, 2011.

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 City of La Puente residents to participate.  For further information, please call the La Puente Public Works Department at (626) 855-1517 or (626) 855-1563 or call Valley Vista Services at (800) 442-6454.