It's Not Too Late to Treecycle

Online, December 30, 2009 (Newswire.com) - (SCOTTSDALE) - Earth911.com, owner and operator of the nation's largest local recycling and proper disposal directory, recently completed one of its most expansive efforts to reliably list Christmas tree recycling programs across the country.

"There's nothing in our system that we haven't covered personally via phone or email this year for our treecycling update," said Corey Lambrecht, president of Earth911. "We only have about three weeks from Thanksgiving to Christmas to update our information for almost 1,200 cities, so it's an incredible effort to get this extensive number of resources confirmed in time."

According to this year's research, the cities with the highest number of treecycling resources* include:

1. New York City, N.Y. - 81
2. Los Angeles, Calif. - 26
3. Chicago, Ill. - 23
4. Las Vegas, N.V. - 22
5. Phoenix, Ariz. - 18
5. Gainesville, Fla. - 18
7. San Diego, Calif. - 17
8. Miami, Fla. - 13
8. San Francisco, Calif. - 13
10. Indianapolis, Ind. - 12

Earth911's staff worked with officials in more than 40 states to compile the information, reaching a significant portion of the U.S. population.

Last year, the most popular day for treecycling was Jan. 3, with more than one-third of the searches on Earth911.com's directory focused on Christmas tree recycling resources. Out of the more than 240 materials available for recycling on the directory, the demand for treecycling information is significant.

Between 30 and 35 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. each year, and approximately 93 percent of those trees are currently being recycled through more than 4,000 available recycling programs.

Real Christmas trees can be recycled in a variety of ways. They are commonly turned into mulch and used in landscaping and gardening or chipped and used for playground material, hiking trails, paths and walkways.

And treecycling pays for all involved: In cities such as New York and Denver, Christmas trees are mulched, and the remaining material is made available to the public free of charge.

Be sure to check your local listings for varying times, availability and how to prepare your tree for recycling.
If your city, municipality or organization runs a recycling program and would like to be listed in Earth911's free directory for treecycling or other products, please visit Earth911.com to learn more.

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