Starting Saturday, Longmont residents will have the opportunity to drop off their Christmas trees for recycling by the city.
Longmont is providing four satellite Christmas tree drop-off locations through Jan. 6:
- In the Roosevelt Park parking lot south of Eighth Avenue and Pratt Street, by the Roosevelt activity pool.
- In the Garden Acres Park parking lot at 18th Avenue and Tulip Street.
- In the Kanemoto Park parking lot at South Pratt Parkway and South Coffman Street.
- In the Centennial Park parking lot at Alpine Street and Verdant Circle.
In addition, residents can take their trees through Jan. 6 to Longmont’s Waste Diversion Center, 140 Martin St. The center normally has 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday business hours and is closed on Sundays. But it is closed this Saturday, Dec. 26, for the Christmas holiday and will be closed Dec. 31 through Jan. 2 for the New Year’s holiday.
Only “real” trees can be recycled — not artificial ones — and the city asks people to remove all holiday decorations, light strands, ornaments, tinsel, decorations, nails, beads, plastic bags, hangers, screws and tree stands from Christmas trees before dropping them off for recycling.
Officials have asked that people not leave other materials, such as garlands, wreaths or trash with the trees, and that people don’t drop off bagged trees.
Longmont offers options for recycling or composting many other holiday-related items rather than having city crews haul them to a landfill.
There will be a specially designated bin at the Waste Diversion Center where Longmont residents can drop off their holiday light strands for recycling, also through Jan. 6. People are asked to wrap each string of lights into a ball and drop them off in that Diversion Center light-strings container.
City officials said most of the trees collected at the satellite drop-off locations and the Waste Diversion Center are ground into mulch that’s made available to residents. A number of the trees will be pllaced in city ponds, lakes and nature areas to improve fish habitat.
Trees and strands of holiday lights are not the only recyclable holiday season items Longmont residents can take to the Waste Diversion Center through Jan. 6.
The increase in online sales this holiday season has resulted in more cardboard on customers’ doorsteps, and ultimately could wind up in landfills unless it’s recycled, officials said. People can bring cardboard to the Waste Diversion Center, which will have three designated bins for cardboard at its drop-off area.
The Waste Diversion Center accepts white foam block Styrofoam No. 6 packing material year-round and has special drop-off collection containers for that material. Please remove all tape, labels and stickers before recycling.
However, foam sheets, foam wrapping, food-grade foams, foam packing peanuts and other foam materials are not recyclable and are not accepted at the center and should be placed in residents’ curbside trash containers for nonrecyclable items.
Also not recyclable are holiday items that should not be put into residents’ city-supplied curbside containers for holiday materials. That includes metallic materials and paper, plastic wrapping, ribbons, bow ornaments, fluorescent and dark paper and heavily taped wrapping. They should be put into the home’s container for nonrecyclable trash.
Longmont city officials advise people not to put holiday gift wrapping paper into residents’ curbside containers for recyclable materials. Wrapping paper is considered a contaminant in the single-stream recycling process due to its high clay content and low fiber content, thus requiring that it be kept separate from all other recyclables. There will be a specially designated bin to recycle wrapping paper at the Waste Diversion Center.
Used cooking oil — which officials warn can coagulate in a home’s pipes when it’s poured down the drain — can also be brought to Longmont’s Waste Diversion Center for proper disposal after holiday feasts.
While the Waste Diversion Center is closed until Monday, the single-stream recyclables area in the front of the center will remain open for drop-off of items such as paper and cardboard, containers and plastics. Holiday lights and wrapping paper receptacles are also located in the front area.
Longmont residents who are customers of city waste collection services have free use of the Waste Diversion Center for noncommercial use such as dropping off recyclable holiday items when the center is open. People should be sure to bring a current city utility bill and identification to prove Longmont residency.
Further information
• City of Longmont Holiday Recycling web page: tinyurl.com/y8wq3lan
• Longmont Waste Diversion Center web page: tinyurl.com/y9cjzrfb
• Eco-Cycle’s 2020 Holiday Recycling Guide: tinyurl.com/ya77l2y8
Boulder County, Southwest Weld County communities’ tree recycling:
Eco-Cycle’s list of Boulder County communities’ holiday tree drop-off locations includes:
- Boulder County/City of Boulder Western Disposal customers: Trees are being accepted from Saturday through Jan. 31 at Western Disposal, 5880 Butte Mill Road. Trees can also be picked up curbside on customers’ residential compost day until Jan 31. If the tree is longer than 6 feet, please cut top off and place in the compost bin.
- Erie: Accepting trees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Tuesdays through Jan. 12 at 1000 Briggs Street.
- Lafayette: Accepting trees from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays through Jan. 29 at 1700 Avalon Ave.
- Louisville: Accepting trees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 2 and Jan. 3 at 1779 Empire Road.
- Longmont: Accepting trees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays through Jan. 6 at the Waste Diversion Center, 140 Martin St. Collections also through Jan. 6 at drop-off locations in the parking lots at Roosevelt, Garden Acres, Kanemoto, and Centennial city parks.
- Superior: Accepting trees from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Jan. 31 at 1830 Honey Creek Drive.
Information from Southwest Weld County’s municipalities’ websites:
- Dacono: Starting Saturdayand running through Jan. 10, Dacono residents can take their Christmas trees to a drop-off site near Centennial Field, 123 Forest Ave., under the blue watertower.
- Firestone: Firestone residents can drop off their Christmas trees at the Public Works building, 7500 Weld County Road 20 from 8 a.m. through 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays through Jan, 17,
- Frederick: Starting Saturday and running through Jan. 24, Frederick residents can drop off their trees in the fenced area on the southeast corner of Eighth Street and Maple Avenue near the entrance to Centennial Park, 630 Eighth St.
December 26, 2020 at 02:01AM
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