Free Christmas Tree Recycling in Delaware

If you live in Delaware and want to recycle your Christmas, there are several recycling facilities that will accept your tree for free.

If you live in Delaware and want to recycle your Christmas tree, here is a list recycling facilities that will accept your tree for free:

New Castle County

Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site

Located in the Pike Creek area on Polly Drummond Hill Road, about 1/2 mile north of Kirkwood Highway.

Hours: Daily 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted.

Brookhill Yard Waste Site (new site, operated by Holland Mulch)

NOTE: Open Dec. 26 for Christmas tree drop-off only at this time.

1034 S. Chapel Street, Newark, DE 19702 (main Holland Mulch office phone: 302-765-3100)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – noon*

Closed December 31 and January 1

Copeland’s Mulch Depot (free if the tree was purchased at Copeland’s; otherwise $2)

2 Honeysuckle Drive, Stanton, DE 19804; (phone 302-633-9536)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.*

Closed December 26 through January 1

Holland Mulch

135 Hay Road, Edge Moor, DE 19809 (phone 302-765-3100)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – noon*

Closed December 31 and January 1

Wilmington Organic Recycling Center

612 Christiana Avenue, Wilmington, DE  19801 (phone 302-266-7678)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, 6 a.m. – noon*

Closed January 1

Sussex County

Blue Hen Organics

33529 Fox Run Road, Frankford, DE 19945 (phone 302-732-3211)

Hours: Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.*, Closed January 1

Grizzly’s Landscape Supply Service

18412 The Narrow Road, Lewes, DE  19958 (phone 302-644-0654)

Hours:  Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.*, Closed January 1

Kaye Construction

22288 Coverdale Road, Seaford, DE 19973 (phone 302-629-7483)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.*, Closed December 26 through January 1

Selbyville Pet and Garden Center (free for active customers within the last 6 months)

38205 DuPont Boulevard, Selbyville, DE 19975 (phone 302-436-8286)

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.*, Closed January 1

Stockley Materials

25136 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, DE 19947 (phone 302-856-7601)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.*, Closed January 1

Sussex Tree Inc. Garden Center

20144 John J. Williams Highway, Lewes, DE  19958 (phone 302-645-6262)

Hours:  Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.* Closed January 1

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