Monroe County Christmas tree recycling sites

Christmas tree recycling locations are available across the county at no charge to residents. Towns, villages, and the City of Rochester encourage residents to recycle their Christmas trees instead of discarding them in local landfills.

Residents are asked to remove all decorations, plastic bags, wires and nails from trees to avoid damaging equipment and to assure high quality landscape mulch.

The recycled Christmas trees are ground into wood chips and are used to landscape public property such as hiking trails in county parks. Some drop-off locations offer the wood chips to participating residents for use in their own gardens. In such instances, residents need to bring their own containers if they want to take mulch home.

Area sites include

• Town of Chili (889-2630) - town residents may drop off trees in the designated area at the Highway Department located at 3235 Chili Avenue throughout January. Curbside pick-up and wood chips are available.
• Town of Clarkson (637-1132) - drop trees off any day at the Highway Department or on Saturdays throughout January at the designated area of the Transfer Station on Redman Road. Chips are available April - October.
• Town of Hamlin - Tom Ingraham (964-2640) - residents may drop off trees at the Transfer Station, 4180 Brick Schoolhouse Road, through January only.
• Town of Ogden (352-2123) - town residents may place trees at curb anytime after December 25 or drop off at Pineway Ponds Park located on the north side of the canal off Route 259. Wood chips available.
• Town of Parma (392-9464) - town residents may drop off trees at the designated area of the Parma Highway Garage on Henry Street.
• Town of Riga (293-2530) - residents may drop off trees at the Sprucewood Nature Center, between North Main and Buffalo Street, behind Churchville Elementary School.
• Town of Sweden (637-3369) - through January, the Highway Department will pick up at curbside for residents. No plastic bags/decorations.
• Village of Brockport (637-1060) - residential curbside collection - chip give back located at the Sewage Treatment Plant on East Avenue.
• Village of Churchville - (293-3366) Dave Adams - residents may drop off trees at the Sprucewood Nature Center (behind Churchville Elementary School) between North Main and Buffalo Street. Curbside on Monday; chipping until gone.
• Village of Hilton (392-4144) - village regular curbside collection. Normal brush collection.
• Village of Spencerport (352-6851) Tom West - village curbside collection through February. Wood chips available.

For information about Christmas tree or any other type of recycling, residents should contact their city, town or village office or the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services at 585-760-7600.