Those looking to have their tree disposed of should place it on the curb during normal waste collection days. In order to be picked up, the trees should be free of all decorations and lights, no matter how desperately you’d like to get rid of them. A separate collection truck will pick up the discarded trees and process them for recycling.
In the spring, Cleveland residents who show proof of their residency may receive one cubic yard of mulch from the recycled Christmas trees at no cost, while supplies last.
For further information regarding waste collection, please call the City of Cleveland’s Division of Waste Collection at 216-664-3711.
This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2015.
Are you absolutely sure about the free mulch? Maybe you ought do re-check, and do some digging of your own (sorry for the pun).
Where will they be distributing it? On what dates? Maybe the city will be using it instead, for their own purposes.
Christmas tree recycling has gone on for decades in the city. Cleveland picks up the trees every year, but for the last couple of years, there has been no mulch giveaway for anybody. I tried to find it last spring. And the year before. Nobody knew a thing about it. This year might be the same.
Chuckles the Clown