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. β 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.
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1034 S. Chapel Street, Newark, DE 19702 (main Holland Mulch office phone: 302-765-3100)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. β 4 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. β noon*
Closed December 31 and January 1
Copelandβs Mulch Depot (free if the tree was purchased at Copelandβs; otherwise $2)
2 Honeysuckle Drive, Stanton, DE 19804; (phone 302-633-9536)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. β 3 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. β 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. β 4 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. β 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. β 5 p.m.; Saturday, 6 a.m. β 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. β 4 p.m.*, Closed January 1
Grizzlyβs Landscape Supply Service
18412 The Narrow Road, Lewes, DE 19958 (phone 302-644-0654)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. β 4 p.m.*, Closed January 1
Kaye Construction
22288 Coverdale Road, Seaford, DE 19973 (phone 302-629-7483)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. β 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. β 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. β 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. β 4 p.m.* Closed January 1