For more than three decades, we’ve helped Georgians For more than three decades, we’ve helped Georgians recycle their Christmas trees. Since 1991, we’ve repurposed over 6 million trees.

When you purchase a live tree, you make a conscious choice to improve the environment. According to the National Christmas Tree Association, nearly 350 million Christmas trees currently grow on U.S. farms, absorbing carbon dioxide, emitting fresh oxygen, stabilizing soil, protecting water supplies, and providing refuge for wildlife. For each tree harvested, one to three seedlings are planted in its place—that makes them a renewable resource. Dropping it off with us after the holidays is the logical next step! We’ll transform it into mulch, fuel, or fish habitats. We like to call this the act of ‘treecycling’.

Last year, our network collected a total of 37,342 trees from 124 locations across the state. Of these, 34,773 were recycled into mulch for playgrounds, city and county landscaping projects, and individual homes. 3,364 trees were sunk into lakes in order to provide fish habitats. 6,357 were used for fuel or other uses.