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12/28/2012
Recycle Holiday Trees and Lights from December 31, 2012 through January 25, 2013
Recycle Holiday Trees and Lights from December 31, 2012 through January 25, 2013
SANTA FE, NM – December 28, 2012 – The City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency (SWAMA) will be accepting residential holiday trees and holiday lights for recycling for free.
Santa Fe City and County residents can drop off their un-flocked and holiday trees without ornaments at these locations:
Buckman Road Recycling & Transfer Station (BuRRT)
2600 Buckman Road, Santa Fe
Eldorado, Jacona, and Stanley County Transfer Stations
Newman’s Nursery
7501 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe
Payne’s Nurseries
304 Camino Alire and 715 St. Michael’s Drive, Santa Fe
Franklin Miles Park
Camino Carlos Rey and Siringo Road, Santa Fe
Ragle Park
Yucca and Zia Road, Santa Fe, near the Yucca entrance
Frank S. Ortiz Park
160 Camino de las Crucitas, Santa Fe
Holiday lights can be dropped of at:
Buckman Road Recycling & Transfer Station (BuRRT)
2600 Buckman Road, Santa Fe
Eldorado, Jacona, and Stanley County Transfer Stations
Capital Scrap Metal, Inc. (will pay 80 cents per pound)
1162 Cooks Lane, Santa Fe
City of Santa Fe Environmental Services Division
1142 Siler Road, Santa Fe
Please be sure that all ornaments and lights are removed from holiday trees. Flocked trees are not accepted as the flocking will contaminate the mulch. The mulch will be used in the parks for landscape and erosion control.
For more information, visit http://www.santaferecycling.org/