The Allegheny County Parks Department is offering its Annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program this holiday season. Residents may drop off Christmas Trees from Saturday, December 26th 2020, through Thursday, January 14th, 2021, at all nine county parks from 8:00 am until dusk.
All lights, decorations, tinsel, and stands must be removed from trees prior to drop-off. Trees will be mulched and used in the county parks. Drop off locations are:
Boyce Park Soccer Fields Parking Lot
Deer Lakes Park Veterans Shelter Parking Lot
Harrison Hills Park Parking Lot at Chipmunk Drive and Cottontail Drive
North Park Swimming Pool Parking Lot
Round Hill Park Alfalfa Shelter Parking Lot
Settlers Cabin Park Wave Pool Parking Lot
South Park Wave Pool Parking Lot
White Oak Park Chestnut Shelter Parking Lot
The list of drop-off locations is also available online at www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/christmas-tree-recycling-program.aspx
During the 2019-2020 program, approximately 3,500 trees were received and recycled, with the resulting mulch used for various purposed throughout the park system's 12,000+ acres.