Heard about Concord., Calif.’s money-saving — and sad and brown — Christmas tree? I took a little walk today to find a similar friend in my own ‘hood — Santa Monica’s slightly sad Christmas tree! A treehugging neighbor must have planted the scraggly yet still living tree recently.
For the rest of you — unless you went the rental or eco-reusable route — it’s time for treecycling. Don’t just set it in your alleyway at random as that’s illegal, as per L.A. Municipal Code 57.21.06! Dry trees can create a fire hazard.
Ready to part with your holiday tree? Every city in the L.A. area has its own set of rules — so follow the guidelines for your ‘hood. Remember to take off all decorations from your tree to reuse next year — That’ll also help make the chipping and mulching process go more smoothly.
Beverly Hills: Put your tree next to your trash bin on trash collection day.
Culver City: Put your tree next to your trash bin on any trash collection day before Jan 31.
Los Angeles: You’ve got 3 options:
1) Place the tree next to your green bin or the street’s curbside for collection on trash collection day,
2) Chop up the tree and put it in your green bin, or
3) Haul the tree to one of many drop off sites on Sat., Jan. 2 – Sun., Jan. 3 between 9 am – 4 pm.
Pasadena: You’ve got two options (PDF):
1) Place your tree at the curb before 7 am on your trash collection day between Jan. 4 – Jan. 15, or
2) Drop off your tree at one of two sites: Eaton Blanche Park (3100 E. Del Mar Blvd.) or Robinson Park (1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave.) between Dec. 28, 2009 – Jan. 2, 2010 from 7 am – 2 pm.
Santa Monica: You’ve got three options:
1) Drag your tree to Clover Park (25th and Ocean Park), Douglas Park (Chelsea and Wilshire), Christine Emerson Reed Park (Lincoln and California), or Los Amigos Park (5th and Hollister) any time during the month of January.
2) Drop off the tree at the City of Santa Monica Transfer Station at 2401 Delaware Ave. during 6 am – 2 pm, Mon. – Sat., or
3) Chop up your tree and put it in your green bin, if you have one.
West Hollywood: Put your tree next to your trash bin on any trash collection day on or before Jan 16.
My neighbors are apparently really happy to declare Christmas done, because the Santa Monica park near me’s already a tree graveyard!
Haha. Love the picture of the tree graveyard. It’s nice to see how many options we have in LA!
Comment by GreenBeanie — December 28, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
Please make necessary correction:
For the first option under Santa Monica, the correct location is “25th & Ocean Park”, not 25th & Ocean as stated; because there is Ocean Ave. and Ocean Park Blvd in Santa Monica.
Comment by John Ueng — December 29, 2009 @ 12:57 pm
GreenBeanie — You should see the graveyard now! I’m concerned it’s a bit of a fire hazard :P
John — Good catch! I just added Park after Ocean.
Comment by Siel — January 6, 2010 @ 10:58 am