Holiday Recycling

Christmas Tree Recycling

Drop Off Your Tree.... For Free

January Special

Do you use a real tree to decorate for the Holidays? Real, non-flocked trees can be recycled after the holidays for free. Here’s how:

1. Take the tree to the Earth Resource Facility
   

2. Take the tree to the Groveland Transfer Station
   

3. Call your local franchise hauler to make arrangements to have it picked up. This is a limited service and certain conditions apply.
   

4. Or better yet, chip your tree at home and use the mulch on your property

Please make sure that no tinsel, decorations or nails remain on the tree.

Drop Off Locations

Earth Resource Facility 14909 Camage Ave, Sonora CA 95370 

Open: Tuesday - Saturday 8 am - 3:30 pm

Groveland Transfer Station 10700 Merrell Rd, Groveland CA 95321

Open: Wednesday and Saturday 8 am - 3:45 pm

Mulch

Trees dropped off at the Earth Resource Facility will be ground into mulch and taken to a biomass plant to be burned to generate electricity or used as an additive for compost at a local facility. Mulch may also be used as a mulch at local farms and ranches or offered for sale at the Earth Resource Facility. 

The benefits of mulch include cooling soil temperatures, helping to conserve water in your landscape, preventing the growth of weeds, reducing dust on pathways, and adding nutrients to your compost pile.