Take off the tinsel! What to do with your Christmas tree after the holidays
Global News
Once you have decided its time to end your holiday celebrations, what can you do with your tree after you have removed the decorations?
Some people take their Christmas tree down on Boxing Day, while others wait for until well past New Year’s before they consider the party to be over.
Either way, one needs to decide how to dispose of their trees once they pull off the decorations.
Global News recently spoke with Kelsey Leonard on the best ways to dispose of your Christmas tree.
She is an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo and is also the founder of the Christmas Tree Lab, which is focused on supporting the Christmas tree industry across Ontario through scientific research.
The most obvious option is to throw the tree to the curb and allow your local municipality to turn it to mulch, but there are pitfalls.
“I would also say if you are looking to dispose of your Christmas tree through your local municipality’s waste collection, really make sure that you remove all of the items on the tree,” Leonard said.
“Unfortunately, through our research, we’ve heard that folks will leave tinsel, they’ll leave lights, they might forget about an ornament that’s on there.”
She said that will often prevent municipalities from mulching the trees.
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