Home Albemarle County will recycle your tree: Free of charge
News

Albemarle County will recycle your tree: Free of charge

Contributors
Christmas tree
(© pikselstock – stock.adobe.com)

The Albemarle County Parks and Recreation Department will operate seven Christmas tree drop-off sites from Dec. 26 through Jan. 18.

The hours are daily from 7 a.m. until one hour after sunset.

Christmas tree recycling sites

  • McIntire Recycling Center* – 611 McIntire Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22902
  • Claudius Crozet Park– 1075 Claudius Crozet Park, Crozet, VA 22932
  • Greenwood Community Center– 865 Greenwood Rd. Crozet, VA 22932
  • Chris Greene Lake Park– 4460 Chris Greene Lake Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22911
  • Darden Towe Park – 1445 Darden Towe Park, Charlottesville, VA 22911
  • Scottsville Community Center– 250 Page St. Scottsville, Va 24590
  • Walnut Creek Park– 4250 Walnut Creek Park North Garden, VA 22959

*The recycling location on McIntire Road may be congested. Consider Darden Towe Park as an alternate location that is less congested and is suited better for large loads and contract haulers. 

Remove all decorations, lights, stands, and nails before dropping off trees. And remember, the sites are only accepting discarded Christmas trees, please do not bring yard waste.

All CDC open space guidelines related to COVID-19 must be followed while at each location.

The recycled trees will be chipped into mulch and the mulch will be available for free starting Feb. 1 at Darden Towe Park and Crozet Park.

The county’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program has been helping residents discard trees and reducing the impact on our landfills since 1988. The program collects approximately 2,300 Christmas trees each year and turns them into mulch.

Support AFP




Contributors

Contributors

Have a guest column, letter to the editor, story idea or a news tip? Email editor Chris Graham at [email protected]. Subscribe to AFP podcasts on Apple PodcastsSpotifyPandora and YouTube.

Latest News

baseball
Baseball

UVA Baseball: Time to start worrying about ‘Hoos after another lackluster showing

george washington baseball
Baseball

North Stafford’s Gregg Ritchie helped mold MLB star Andrew McCutchen

As a hitting coach in the minor leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, Gregg Ritchie got to first work in 2005 with future All-Star outfielder Andrew McCutchen.

healthcare
Virginia

Virginia Department of Health reports measles case in Buckingham County

The Virginia Department of Health reported a confirmed case of measles in the state’s Central Region, and said in a press release that it has reason to suspect that measles virus is circulating in the Buckingham County area.

augusta county sheriff accident police crash
Local

Update in Augusta County stabbing case: Victim was only one at the scene

northern virginia
Politics, Virginia

Back to square one: Reset of Virginia’s congressional races post-Scott v. McDougle

uva baseball
Baseball

Series Preview: UVA Baseball hosts Cal in final home weekend of season

washington nationals
Baseball

Series Preview: Washington Nationals battle Miami Marlins for second in the East