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Recycle your
Christmas tree
O’ Christmas Tree, O’ Christmas Tree. What do I do with my cut
Christmas Tree?
Many county residents will be singing this Christmas Carol after the
holidays. Join the Darke County Solid Waste District and the
Darke County Park District in giving our community a gift by recycling
your cut Christmas tree.
No matter where you live in Darke County, it is easy to recycle your
tree. Just take your cut Christmas trees to the Darke County Park
District’s Shawnee Prairie Preserve anytime between December 26, 2015
and January 17, 2016 The Shawnee Prairie Preserve is located at
4267 St. Rt. 502 in Greenville.
Recycling your tree helps ensure the sustainability of our county by
saving valuable landfill space. All of the Christmas trees
brought to the Park District will be chipped and shredded. When
chipped into mulch, cut trees become valuable organic material used in
trail maintenance and landscaping projects that help conserve soil
moisture and keep plants healthy.
Before dropping off your tree, remove all non-organic objects such as
lights, wire, tinsel, ornaments and nails. Damaged and
non-working Christmas Lights, extension cords, and power strips can be
recycled at the Solid Waste District. Foreign objects can
contaminate the mulch and ruin the chipper. Unfortunately,
flocked trees (with fake snow) cannot be recycled.
If you chose an artificial tree this year, you can help reduce the
amount of waste generated in Darke County by taking a few of the
following simple steps:
- Flatten, save, & reuse gift boxes, wrapping paper, bows and gift
bags;
- Buy cards & wrapping paper products made with recycled paper;
- After receiving new gifts, donate old items to a local charity or
thrift store;
- Save & reuse holiday decorations for future years;
- Cut up brown paper grocery bags to wrap parcels for mailing;
- Save bubble wrap & Styrofoam peanuts, or offer them to local
private mailing stores;
The program, which is “free” to all Darke County businesses,
industries, schools, nonprofit organizations and residents, will
involve the participation and support of many Darke County agencies to
make it work. These Darke County agencies are the Board of County
Commissioners, Darke County Engineer, Darke County Highway Garage and
the Darke County Parks. Best of all, neither your tax dollars nor
the county’s general fund are being used to fund this program!!
The Solid Waste District uses fees collected from area disposal
companies to fund this program.
The Director of Darke County Parks, Roger M. Van Frank stated, “We are
glad and encouraged that the collection is taking place at the Park
District’s facility located on St. Rt. 502 in Greenville. The
Park District has a great partnership with the Solid Waste District and
this is just one more example of that partnership.” James Schaar,
Solid Waste Policy Committee Member, and Krista Fourman, Director of
the Darke County Solid Waste Management District are responsible for
planning, promoting, and coordinating the program. For more
information, call 937-547-0827 or the Park District at 937-548-0165.
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