If you want to dispose of your Christmas tree in an environmentally friendly way, there are a few options.

The City’s Streets Department is again offering its free Christmas Tree Recycling Program. From Monday, Jan. 4 through Saturday, Jan. 16 residents can drop off their trees (free of all decorations and untied) to any of the six Sanitation Convenience Centers open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The West Philadelphia center is located at 5100 Grays Avenue.

Residents can also drop off Christmas trees on Saturdays, Jan. 9 and Jan. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at an additional 13 designated locations throughout the City. In West Philadelphia these locations are 43rd and Powelton Ave. and 54th and Woodbine Ave. 

There are also a couple of options where a fee is required:

The Philly Goat Project and Philadelphia Parks & Rec will be collecting trees at the Fairmount Park Organic Recycling Center, 3850 West Ford Rd., on Saturday, Jan. 30, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (rain date: Saturday, Feb. 6). This service costs $20.

Circle Compost will pick up your Christmas tree for $20. You can choose the weekend of Jan. 2 or Jan. 9 for this service. Go here for more information.

Trees recycled through the City’s Christmas Tree Recycling program are sent to a vendor that chips them up for composting. If you place your tree curbside it will be taken by the City as trash instead of being composted.

UPDATE: UC Green, a 20-year-old community greening organization, is partnering with Treeken LLC, a West Philadelphia arborist tree care company, to hold their annual tree recycling event on Sunday, Jan. 10 at Clark Park and Malcolm X Park. At Clark Park, volunteers will be accepting trees at 43rd Street and Kingsessing Ave. from 9 a.m. until noon. Collection for Malcolm X Park will be from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 51st Street and Osage Ave. UC Green requests donations for the service at the time of drop off or at http://paypal.me/ucgreenphila. See the flyer below for more details.