The City of Los Angeles will be accepting used Christmas trees for recycling at 19 drop-off locations on Sunday, Jan. 4 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The trees will be recycled into mulch or compost. Decorations, ornaments, tinsel and stands should be removed from the trees before dropping them off at the following locations:
— Baldwin Hills: Rancho Cienega Recreation Center, 5001 Rodeo Road;
— Encino: Balboa Sports Center, 17015 Burbank Blvd;
— Griffith Park: the Los Angeles Zoo parking lot at the junction of the
5 and 134 freeways;
— Rancho Park: Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, 2551 Motor Ave.;
— Sunland: Sunland Park, 8651 Foothill Blvd;
— Westchester: Westchester Municipal Building, 7166 West Manchester Ave.;
— Bel-Air: Fire Station No. 71, 107 S. Beverly Glen Blvd.;
— Crenshaw: Fire Station No. 94, 4470 Coliseum St.;
— Cypress Park: Fire Station No. 44, 1410 Cypress Ave.;
— Hancock Park: Fire Station No. 29, 4029 W. Wilshire Blvd.;
— Hollywood: Fire Station No. 82, 5769 Hollywood Blvd.;
— Franklin Canyon: Fire Station No. 108, 12520 Mulholland Drive;
— Porter Ranch: Fire Station No. 28, 11641 Corbin Ave.;
— Sherman Oaks: Fire Station No. 88, 5101 N. Sepulveda Blvd.;
— South Los Angeles: Fire Station No. 21, 1192 E. 51st St.;
— South Los Angeles: Fire Station No. 64, 10811 S. Main St.;
— Sun Valley: Fire Station No. 77, 9224 Sunland Blvd.;
— Watts: Fire Station No. 65, 1801 E. Century Blvd.; and
— West Hills: Fire Station No. 106, 23004 Roscoe Blvd.
Residents living at single-family homes or buildings with four or fewer units can also leave their trees in their green waste recycling bins, or place them next to the bins on trash day.
More information about tree recycling is at http://lacitysan.org/tree-recycle.htm