Recycle Your Christmas Tree at Mulchfest 2011

DATE: Saturday, January 8, 2011

TIME: 11:00 a.m. (Snow or Shine)

LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park
East 7th Street between Avenues A and B Manhattan

DETAILS: The 15th annual MulchFest provides New Yorkers with a fun and convenient opportunity to recycle their Christmas trees and pick up mulch for their gardens at 89 parks across the five boroughs. On Saturday, January 8th, and Sunday, January 9th, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., chippers will recycle trees into woodchips that will be used to line street tree pits and flowerbeds in parks.

Last year, more than 160,000 trees were recycled and this year can be even greener - New Yorkers can team up with others to take trees to designated sites and bring a bag to take mulch home for their gardens. Remove all lights, ornaments, and decorations and do not wrap trees in plastic.

Recycling trees we can't plant helps the City's MillionTreesNYC, an initiative to plant and care for one million trees by 2017. Mulch will keep the City's newly planted trees, parks and green spaces healthy and beautiful.

For more information and a complete list of recycling sites and times, please visit www.nyc.gov/parks or call 311.