Beginning Saturday, January 6, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) will host its annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program, in partnership with the Chicago Park District. The program will run through Saturday, January 20. Each year, Chicago’s holiday tree recycling program helps the City to divert material from the waste stream, converting it to sustainable resources and ultimately helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Live and natural holiday trees can be dropped off inside the tree recycling corrals at the designated locations. All ornaments, lights, tinsel, and tree stands must be removed before the tree is dropped off, and plastic bags used for transport should also be removed prior to placing the trees in the corrals. This year, 27 citywide drop-off locations are available for residents:
Bessemer Park, 8930 S. Muskegon Avenue
Clark Park, 3400 N. Rockwell Street
Forestry Site, 900 E. 103rd Street*
Garfield Park, 100 N. Central Park Avenue
Grant Park, 900 S. Columbus Drive
Hiawatha Park, 8029 W. Forest Preserve Drive
Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1369 N. Sacramento Avenue
Jackson Park, 6300 S. Cornell Avenue
Kelvyn Park, 4438 W. Wrightwood Avenue
Kennedy Park, 2427 W. 113th Street
Lake Meadows Park, 3117 S. Rhodes Avenue
Lincoln Park, Cannon Drive at Fullerton Avenue (East Side of Cannon Drive)*
Mahalia Jackson Park, 8385 S. Birkhoff Avenue
Margate Park, 4921 N. Marine Drive*
Marquette Park, 6700 S. Kedzie Avenue
McKinley Park, 2210 W. Pershing Road
Mount Greenwood Park, 3721 W. 111th Street*
North Park Village, 5801 N. Pulaski Road*
Norwood Park (Service Yard), 5800 N. Avondale Avenue
Portage Park, 4100 N. Long Avenue
Riis Park, 6201 W. Wrightwood Avenue
Rowan Park, 11546 South Avenue L
Sheridan Park, 910 S. Aberdeen Street
Walsh Park, 1722 N. Ashland Avenue
Warren Park, 6601 N. Western Avenue*
Wentworth Park, 5701 S. Narragansett Avenue
West Chatham Park, 8223 S. Princeton Avenue
For more information on the City’s ongoing recycling efforts, visit chicagorecycles.org.
