Recycle your used Christmas tree

Now that Christmas is past it will soon be time to take down the tree and decorations.

If you're one of the estimated 31.3 million US households that bought a real Christmas tree you may be wondering what to do with it.

Most cities and municipalities have some sort of recycling program for Christmas trees that have done their duty.

In the greater Knoxville area there are several options to not only recycle your used Christmas tree but get the ground up mulch back to put in your planting beds.

The best deal is to take it to Ijams Park in South Knoxville to be recycled into mulch which is used to maintain the trails we all enjoy. They accept used trees from now through January 31st.

Both the City of Knoxville and Knox County both have recycling faciitlies; read more here.

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