City Encourages
Residents to Recycle Christmas
Trees for Coastal Restoration
NEW ORLEANS — Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu reminded
residents that the City will continue its program of recycling Christmas trees
in an effort to promote the restoration of Louisiana’s wetlands and to assist
in the protection of the Louisiana coastline. Orleans Parish residents,
eligible for garbage collection by the City, are encouraged to
recycle their Christmas trees by placing them curbside, before 5 a.m., on their
regularly scheduled second collection day that occurs between Jan. 11–13, 2018
for properties served by Richard’s Disposal and Metro Services. Properties in
the French Quarter or DDD, served by Empire Services, should place their trees
curbside before 4 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.
Only natural, unflocked
trees that are free of all stands and trimming can be recycled. All
ornaments, tinsel, lights and tree stands must be removed before being
placed curbside. Flocked, artificial trees, trees in bags or trees with
trimming that have not been removed will be collected with garbage and transported
to the landfill. Trees are not to be placed on neutral grounds as this delays
the collection process.
The
City's Department of Sanitation along with its solid waste contractors
Metro Services, Richard’s Disposal and Empire Services and the Office of
Resilience and Sustainability are working together to collect, sort and bundle
the trees, which will be placed in selected coastal zones.
This project is
stewarded and funded by the City's Office of Resilience and
Sustainability. Last year, more than 8,000 Christmas trees were collected in
Orleans Parish after the holidays and airlifted by the Louisiana National Guard
into the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge as part of a program to create
new marsh habitat.
Residents seeking more
information should call NOLA 3-1-1.
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