ANDERSON — The tinsel is tangled, the needles are brown and the candy canes are nearly stale.
It’s time again for the post-Christmas tradition of taking down the carefully-decorated tree and tossing it to the curb.
As the holiday season ends and the new year beckons, many families will be ridding themselves of the Christmas tree, but means of disposable vary by town.
In Anderson, the city has designated a special location for those willing to drive their trees to the city garden recycling center.
Located at 2000 W. Eighth St., the center will accept trees at no charge.
Tammy Bowman, spokeswoman for the city of Anderson, said the recycling center collects the unwanted trees, grinds them up, and turns them into mulch.
The mulch is used around town at different garden sites, but is also sold at $10 per cubic yard.
The recycling center can be reached at 648-6399.
Anderson residents and anyone serviced by Bestway Disposal may also drag their old pine trees to the curb on their regular trash pickup days.
Wade Whitehead said Bestway is beginning to pick up discarded trees.
“If they set the trees out, we’ll pick them up. If for some reason we can’t get it, we’ll pick up trees a day after trash is picked up, on heavy item pickup day.”
Bestway said it serves Elwood, Chesterfield, Anderson, Ingalls, Markleville, Middletown, Pendleton and Alexandria households.
Tom Basey of the Elwood Street Department said trash crews are currently catching up with the missed pickup day on Christmas but expect to begin collecting trees Tuesday.
Elwood residents served by the city’s disposal team, instead of Bestway, may begin placing trees by the curb next to their typical trash bins, he said.
In Alexandria, those not served by Bestway can take their Christmas trees to Beulah Park and pile them in the parking lot as residents have done in years past.
Imon Bankson of the Pendleton Public Works Department said town residents may begin dropping their trees off at the curb, anticipating that tree collection will begin as soon as road crews see trees on city curbs.
Contact Brandi Watters: 640-4847, brandi.watters@heraldbulletin.com
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