HOUSTON — With Christmas behind us, it’s time now to figure out what to do with that tree.
For those of you with plastic trees, there’s an easy answer – disassemble and put into a box for next year. But if you bought a live tree this year, the City of Houston wants you to recycle since they're biodegradable.
From now until Friday, January 26, Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department will have 23 Christmas Tree recycling drop-off locations open.
Here are those locations with hours.
Below are the locations and hours straight from the City of Houston's website.
Open Tuesday - Sunday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Depositories Closed Sunday, Dec.24, 2023
- Central Neighborhood Depository - 2240 Central St.
- Kirkpatrick Neighborhood Depository - 5565 Kirkpatrick
- Sommermeyer Neighborhood Depository - 14400 Sommermeyer
- N. Main Neighborhood Depository - 9003 N. Main
- Southwest Neighborhood Depository - 10785 SW Freeway
- Sunbeam Neighborhood Depository - 5100 Sunbeam
OPEN DAILY, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Kingwood (Branch Library)– Bens View Lane @ Bens Branch Drive
- Doss Park (gates close at 5) - 2500 Frick Road (County Park)
- Memorial Park (2 Locations)
- Softball Parking lot - 6402 Arnot St, Houston, TX 77007
- Sports Complex - T.C. Jester Park - 4200 T.C. Jester West
- Ellington Airport Recycling Drop-off –HWY 3@ Brantley Road
OPEN Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Closed on both Monday, Dec. 25, and Jan. 15.
- Westpark Consumer Recycling Center - 5900 Westpark
LIVING EARTH - MON-FRI 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 7:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Living Earth closed on both Monday, Dec. 25, and Jan. 1.
- Living Earth - 5802 Crawford Rd.
- Living Earth - 1503 Industrial Dr, Missouri City
- Living Earth - 1700 Highway 90A East, Richmond
- Living Earth - 12202 Cutten Road
- Living Earth - 16138 Highway 6
- Living Earth - 5210 S. Sam Houston Pkwy E
- Living Earth - 27733 Katy Freeway, Katy TX
- Living Earth - 10310 Beaumont Highway
- Living Earth - 17555 I-45 South, Conroe TX
- Living Earth -20611 US Hwy 59, New Caney TX
- Living Earth – 9306 FM 523, Freeport TX
Artificial trees won't be accepted. And before you drop your tree off, you should take off all of the ornaments, lights, strands and anything else non-organic that you decorated the tree with.
On January 5, there will be a tree recycling event at Houston City Hall’s reflection pool at 11:30.
