Treecycling

Though your evergreens are glistening in your living rooms now, in a few days when the presents have been unwrapped and the decorations put back into storage, you’ll be left with the eternal question of Christmas. What do I do with this tree?

Well, the City of Phoenix has joined forces with to Z Equipment Rental & Sales to offer a free drop of location for your lightly used trees.

Christmas tree drop-off locations, by area:

• North Phoenix: Deer Valley Park, Utopia Road and 19th Avenue
• Paradise Valley Park, 40th Street, south of Union Hills Drive
• Sereno Park, Sweetwater Avenue and 56th Street
• Cactus Park, 3800 W. Cactus Road
• Mountain View Park, Peoria and Seventh avenues.
• Central, West, East Phoenix: Marivue Park, Osborn Road and 59th Avenue
• Washington Park, Maryland and 23rd avenues
• Madison Park, Glenrosa Avenue and 16th Street
• Los Olivos Park, Devonshire Avenue and 28th Street
• Desert West Park, Encanto Boulevard and 67th Avenue.
• South Phoenix: El Reposo Park, Alta Vista Road and Seventh Street
• Mountain Vista Park, 50th Street, north of Ray Road
• Cesar Chavez Park, 35th Avenue and Baseline Road
• Desert Foothills Park, Desert Foothills and Chandler Boulevard.

Trees must be stripped of their Christmas spirit, aka decorations, and dropped off between Dec 26th and January 8th.   Trees will be recycled and turned into mulch for city parks. (tree-cycling)

For more information, call 602-262-7251 or visit phoenix.gov/publicworks.