After celebrating the holidays, don't toss your tree, give it another life! Recyle it! Starting 12/26! The City of Austin has curbside recycling for holiday trees on customers regular collection day. Plus all ATX residents can drop their trees off at Zilker Park! Do 1Thing together heading into the New Year!
Curbside Collection 411:
*Set out your tree by 5:30am on your composting collection day
*NO trees sprayed with flocking (artificial snow)
*REMOVE ornaments, decorations, tinsel, lights & tree stands.
*DO NOT put your tree in a bag
*ONLY NATURAL TREES accepted for RECYCLING
*CUT IN HALF trees 6 feet or taller
All Austinites can drop off their NATURAL HOLIDAY TREES for RECYCLING at Zilker Park. You DO NOT need to be an Austin Resource Recovery customer. Follow the collection 411 minus the curbside details.
Zilker Park Holiday Tree Drop off!
10am-2pm @ 2225 Andrew Zilker Rd, Austin, TX 78746
Saturday 12/28/24
Saturday 1/04/25
Sunday 1/05/25
Starting 1/08/25 at 9am, trees collected at Zilker Park that are turned into mulch will be available for free! First come, first served! Please bring your own tools and storage containers for loading and transporting the mulch. Date is subject to change due to weather.
Holiday Tree Recycling volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated! If you or your organization is interested, register to volunteer during the collection days.
Start 2025 doing 1Thing together!
Got an 'artificial ' tree? Lights! Decorations! Don't toss it! Reuse it! Donate it!
*Austin Resource Recovery Recyle and Reuse Drop-off Center.
*Find your recycling answers using this ... What do I do with tool ...
*1-800-Got-Junk ideas
*How to recycle an artifical Christmas tree
*The Christmas Tree Project / gently used trees & decorations
*How to repurpose an artifical tree