Recycle Christmas Trees In Los Angeles With Curbside Collection Or A Visit To Drop-Off Sites

Start the new year off right by taking care of one last holiday task -- recycling the Christmas tree. Each year nationwide, Christmas trees are responsible for over 200 fires, notes the LA Fire Department. The result? An average of 10 deaths and over $10 million in property damage.

That's why the City of Los Angeles offers a tree recycling program, which last year converted 100,000 trees into 1,300 tons of compost.

Save your sparkly shrub from turning into a burning bush by doing one of three things:

• Cut the tree into smaller pieces and place it in your green yard trimmings bin.
• If you don't have a saw, place your tree next to your green bin on trash collection day.
• Drop off your tree at any one of LA's official drop-off sites Sunday, Jan. 6 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Goodbye, o Christmas tree!

Get ready for next year by clicking through our slideshow of outrageous Christmas tree designs.

• Tall Tree

  Illuminated from the wall of Tokyo's Akasaka Grand Prince hotel. (AFP)

• Six-Story High Tree

  In front of Ion shopping mall in Singapore. (AFP)

• Giant Tree

  98 foot tree at Place Kleber in Strasbourg's city center. (AFP)

• Teddy Bear Tree

  Located at a shopping center in Beijing, China. (Getty)

• Beer Christmas Tree

  Made of 2500 empty beer bottles by German artists Ralph Juecker and Thomas Kraus in Cologne. (DDP)

• Bicycle Tree

  In Sydney, Australia. (Getty)

• Bicycle Tree

  230 bicycles in Shenyang, China. (ChinaFotoPress)

• White Tree

  In Rome's Piazza Venezia. (AFP)

• St. George Tree

  In the centre of Tbilisi. (AFP)

• Lantern Tree

  32 foot tree in in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. (Getty)

• Fiber-Optic Tree

  In Beijing. (AFP)

• Beer Tree

  In Beijing. (AFP)

• Spaghetti Tree

  In Tirana, Albania. (AFP)

• Can Tree

  In Jakarta. (AFP)

• Toy Tree

  In Jakarta. (AFP)

• How to Choose a Unique Artificial Christmas Tree

  Bill Quinn with Christmas tree for me discusses how to select a unique Christmas tree that matches your style.

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