Port Coquitlam residents with lots to recycle can de-clutter and bring their Christmas tree for a one-stop recycling event Jan. 4 and 5.
Haul your tree to Port Coquitlam No. 1 fire hall at 1725 Broadway St. where firefighters will chip live trees from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a minimum $5 donation, which will be donated to the the Port Coquitlam Fire Fighters Charitable Society.
If you want the volunteers to pick it up for you at home — for a minimum $10 donation — call 604-927-5405 or or fill out the form online at www.portcoquitlam.ca/chipit.
The wood chips will be spread in city parks and on trails.
Styrofoam and old Christmas lights can also be brought to the event for recycling for a donation to the PoCo Fire Fighters Charitable Society. City staff will also be at the event collecting small appliances, power tools, batteries, lightbulbs, scrap metal, plastic bags, cardboard and other blue bin recycling and glass and dropping off to local depots.
Residents are requested not to drop off any items outside of these days.
If you want to put your tree in your green cart, make sure it doesn’t have any tinsel or chemical sprays on it. Pieces can be no more than three inches in diameter and 40 inches long. To find out how to chop your tree up properly, check out a video at www.portcoquitlam.ca/green.
The chopped-up trees and other yard trimmings and food scraps go to a regional composting facility to be turned into soil amendments for topsoil.
