Not sure what to do with that Christmas tree this year? On Saturday, January 6th from 9 AM to 2 PM the City of Chicago Department of Environment will be accepting trees for recycling. Early birds will receive a year's supply of blue bags for their efforts. Participating locations include:

Bessemer Park
8930 S Muskegon Avenue

DeVry Institute
3401 N Rockwell

Forestry Site
900 E 103rd Street

Garfield Park
100 N Central Park Avenue

Grant Park
900 S Columbus Drive

Humboldt Park
1440 N Sacramento Avenue

Jackson Park
6401 S Stony Island Avenue

Kennedy Park
11320 S Western Avenue

Kelvyn Park
4438 W Wrightwood Avenue

Lake Meadows Park
3117 S Rhodes Avenue

Lincoln Park
Cannon Drive at Fullerton

Margate Park
4921 N Marine Drive

Marquette Park
6700 S Kedzie Avenue

McKinley Park
2210 W Pershing Road

Mt. Greenwood Park
3721 W 111th Street

North Park Village
5801 N Pulaski Road

Norwood Park
5801 N. Natoma Avenue

Portage Park
4100 N Long Avenue

Riis Park
6100 W Fullerton Avenue

Rowan Park
11546 S Avenue L

Sheridan Park
910 S Aberdeen Street

Warren Park
6601 N Western Avenue

Wentworth Park
5625 S Mobile Avenue

Done and done! I actually got to watch my poor lil tree get chewed up and turned into mulch. Got the blue bags too, for as long as that program lasts.

Posted by: Patrick on January 8, 2007 10:15 AM

I have seen about a half-dozen christmas trees in my alley since the end of the month. As I have recently run out of blue bags, I really wished that I could have put a tree on the back of my bike and taken it in! I thought the City did a pretty good job of getting the word out about this, but my Roscoe Village neighbors apparently didn't hear about it or care. Anybody else have similar observations in their neighborhood?

Posted by: greg ehrendreich on January 8, 2007 5:13 PM

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