Reduce, Reuse, Treecycle
You’ve recycled all of your wrapping paper, but what will you do with your tree? The 30-35 million real Christmas trees sold in North American each year are a renewable, recyclable resource. This year, participate in a local treecycling program. Your tree will be turned in to woodchips and mulch for use throughout the city.
City projects use more than 30,000 cubic yards of mulch each year. Recycled Christmas trees offset roughly 60% of the annual cost for mulch (otherwise paid for with your tax dollars). Deliver your tree to one of the following drop-off sites (follow signage) between now and January 31st during normal park hours (dawn to dusk) or participate in the January 5th Post-Holiday Recycling Extravaganza.
- Broad Ripple Park, 1610 Broad Ripple Ave.
- Ellenberger Park, 5301 E. St. Clair St.
- Garfield Park, 2450 S. Shelby St.
- Gustafson Park, 3110 Moller Rd.
- Krannert Park, 605 S. High School Rd.
- Northwestway Park, 5253 W. 62nd St.
- Perry Park, 451 E. Stop 11 Rd.
- Riverside Park, 2420 N. Riverside Dr.
- Sahm Park, 6801 E. 91st. St.
*Dumping trees in non-designated parks is illegal and punishable!
2nd Annual Post-Holiday Recycling Extravaganza
January 5, 2008 – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Drop-off sites: Broad Ripple Park, Ellenberger Park, Krannert Park and Garfield Park
What: Christmas Trees (free of ornaments, tinsel, etc.), Cardboard, Electronics (includes non-working TV’s, 27″ or smaller), Cell Phones, Printer/toner cartridges
Piece out,
Renee & Meghan
January 3rd, 2008 at 5:22 am
Do you know if the Post-Holiday Recycling Extravaganza will take ANY non-working electronics? The “dashboard” of my elliptical machine needed replaced and I want to recycle the old, non-working one, and have not yet got around to it.
Thanks for the great start on your site. I look forward to receiving future tips.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Rhaya, I’m still trying to find out if they’ll take it - I promise I’m not ignoring you! I’ll let you know as soon as I find out…if I find out in time.
January 9th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I missed the Extravaganza. Where can I recycle small TVs? Thank you.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Kathryn, you may recycle electronics at any of the ToxDrop sites. Visit http://www.indygov.org/eGov/City/DPW/Residential/Recycling/tox-drop.htm for times and locations.
Do the TVs work? Sometimes schools, churches or nonprofits will take them. Stay tuned and we’ll tell you a way to help schools with your electronic recycling.
January 27th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Where can I recycle telephone books? The schools that say they take newspapers and magazines don’t take phone books!
January 28th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Juanita, Indianapolis Recycled Fiber will take phone books. Their main location is at 1775 S. West St., just south of downtown. They also have a drop off point at First Friends Church.