Trees will be picked up weekdays starting January 3rd and pickups will continue through January 14th. You will have two chances to put out your tree between January 3rd and 14th.
Place your tree next to your recycle bin before 6 AM on your regularly scheduled pickup day. Before you put your tree out to the curb make sure you remove 100% of your decorations and tinsel. They may not pick-up trees that have too much "stuff" on them. Better to be safe than sorry. Strip the tree before tossing it out for pickup.
All trees collected will be chipped and trucked to Tracy where they will be used as biomass fuel at the . The plant is part of the California Biomass Cooperative, which is a statewide partnership of government, industry, academia, and environmental organizations.
If you miss both of your pickup days, you have one more opportunity to recycle your tree at no charge to you. Take your tree to either one of Recology's drop-off centers at or .
If you live outside of the City and County of San Francisco here is a list of Recology Recycle Centers throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area as well as the Sacramento and Central Valleys.
If you live outside of the City and County of San Francisco here is a list of Recology Recycle Centers throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area as well as the Sacramento and Central Valleys.
Very Special Message:
Thank you for being one of the people who cares enough to go online and try to find out how to recycle your tree. You have done more than many people who can't even be bothered doing a Google search as you likely did. Those are the people who end up tossing out their tree on some street corner late at night because they missed all their opportunities. Thank you for being one of the awake and alert people on our planet. Thank you!
I am a very proud member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Sierra Club. Right now you can also become a full member at the steeply-reduced new-member rate of just $15 dues for the entire year. It's a New Year special offer. The Sierra Club will even send you a free rucksack that is a copy of the original 1892 Sierra Club design. And Sierra, the Sierra Club magazine goes to every member. Sign-up here and come aboard.
Thank you for being one of the people who cares enough to go online and try to find out how to recycle your tree. You have done more than many people who can't even be bothered doing a Google search as you likely did. Those are the people who end up tossing out their tree on some street corner late at night because they missed all their opportunities. Thank you for being one of the awake and alert people on our planet. Thank you!
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