Community Corner

Where to Recycle Your Tree in Rochester Hills

Find out where to recycle your natural Christmas tree.

The City of Rochester Hills will once again allow its residents to dispose of natural Christmas trees by dropping them off at the Clinton River Watershed Council located at 1115 West Avon Road (south side of Avon, just west of Livernois Road) on the following dates and times only

  • Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013   10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 Noon - 4 p.m. 
  • Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014   10 a.m.-4 p.m. 
  • Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 Noon - 4 p.m.
Conditions
Christmas trees will be accepted subject to ALL of the following conditions. No exceptions to these conditions will be made. 
  • Residents of Rochester Hills may drop off trees during the announced days and hours only.
  • Trees shall be dropped off at the designated area only. Any other disposal, at or near the designated site, will constitute improper disposal and violators will be subject to ticketing.
  • Only natural Christmas trees will be accepted. No mass or commercial disposal is permitted. No disposal of any other materials, natural or artificial, is permitted.
  • All non-woody material, e.g., lights and wires, ornaments, rope, garland, stands and braces, bagging, etc., must be removed before drop off.
  • Volunteers will inspect trees for compliance with this order before accepting them for disposal. Trees or other matter that do not meet the restrictions will not be accepted.
Under contract with the City of Rochester Hills, Allied Waste Services will collect discarded Christmas trees, which are devoid of any ropes, lights, metal, plastic, or other hangers, the weeks of Dec. 30, Jan. 6, and Jan. 13. Allied will deliver the trees they collect to a compost site rather than a landfill or disposal facility. Trees measuring greater than six feet tall must be cut in half prior to placement at curbside.


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