Where can you dispose of a live Christmas tree in St. Clair County? Try these spots
The Christmas holiday is over, and if you don’t want to ring in the new year with your live Christmas tree, now’s the time to make plans to dispose of it.
Thankfully, there are several drop-off locations in St. Clair County where residents can take their trees to be recycled.
“Recycling Christmas trees into landscape mulch, compost or wildlife habitat prolongs their usefulness beyond the tinsel and trim. Trees can be chipped and placed in backyard composting systems or used to build ‘homes’ for animals. When weighted and submerged in farm ponds, Christmas trees increase fish and amphibian habitat,” a Dec. 16 Facebook post from the St. Clair County Health Department reads.
The county health department has released its list of drop-off locations in Belleville and the surrounding areas. Residents can bring their trees — free of all decorations — to these through Saturday, Jan. 31, unless otherwise noted.
Waste management picks up Christmas trees curbside in O’Fallon and Shiloh.
Drop-off locations in Belleville
- Ladermann Park, 1105 Mascoutah Ave.
- North End Park, 1204 North Douglas
- Bellevue Park, 401 Bellevue Park Drive
Other drop-off locations in St. Clair County
- Fairview Heights: Caseyville Township Building (10001 Bunkum Road) and Moody Park (525 S. Ruby Lane)
- Freeburg: Old sewer plant on Kessler Road
- Lebanon: 533 North Madison
- Millstadt: 200 block of North Main
- Smithton: Village Park
- Swansea: Melvin Price Park (1500 Caseyville Ave.) and Schranz Park (377 Honeysuckle Lane). Open through Friday, Jan. 16 for Swansea residents only.
