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Christmas Recycling
Christmas Tree Chipping Program
The Christmas Tree chipping program for this year begins on Monday, Dec. 26 and ends on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012.
Next year's collection will commence on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
Tree collection sites for 2011-12 are located as follows:
NORTH
- Brent Park (Balsam St. at Margaret St.)
- County Park Tennis Court (County Blvd.)
- Grandview Arena (Madeline St.) in between Grandview Arena & Westminster United Church - not in arena parking lot
- John Jumbo Recreation Centre (Toivo St.)
- Strathcona Golf Course
SOUTH
- Delaney Arena (Legion Track Dr.)
- Kinsmen Northwood Centre (609 N. James St.)
- Lakehead Labaour Centre (Fort William Rd.)
- Westfort Playing Field (Off Neebing Ave.)
- West Thunder Community Centre (915 S. Edward St.)
Remove all ornaments and plastic tree wrap before dropping off your tree at the collection site. Do not put trees out for curbside garbage collection.
Download information about Christmas Tree Chipping 
Tree Chipping Poster 2011-2012 Adobe PDF, 1 page, 475 KB
Green Holiday Ideas
'Tis the season to recycle! Brightly coloured wrapping paper is not recyclable and must go out with the garbage. It is estimated that Canadians use 85 square km of wrapping paper each year. That's a lot of unnecessary waste. This year why not switch to some 'greener' options.-
Wrap gifts in fabric bags that can be used over and over for years.
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Reusable gift bags are easy to use and pack away well for next year.
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T-towels and scarves make great wrap.
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Use the brightly coloured comic pages from the newspaper or even old maps as wrapping paper.
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Decorate plain brown bags (Kraft) paper.
Make it one of your New Year's resolutions to recycle more - it's an easy resolution to make and keep too.
Have an Environmentally friendly holiday.
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Give gift cards.
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Make homemade presents
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Make your own Gift Certificates.
Calling all Kids!
Enter our recycling contest.
