Go green and recycle your Christmas tree!

The Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste (DSWM) encourages all customers to participate in the DSWM Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

Starting Sunday, December 26th, service area residents can recycle their clean, decoration-free natural Christmas trees by taking them to select Trash and Recycling Centers (TRC) or the West Miami-Dade Home Chemical Collection Center. The trees will be recycled into mulch, available to residents on a first-come, first-served basis beginning in spring 2022.

Trees can be brought in for recycling by service area residents to one of the following Trash and Recycling Centers (open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) listed below:

• Eureka Drive – 9401 SW 184 St.
• Golden Glades – 140 NW 160 St.
• Moody Drive – 12970 SW 268 St.
• North Dade Landfill – 21500 NW 47 Ave.
• Norwood – 19901 NW 7th Ave.
• Palm Springs North – 7870 NW 178 St.
• Snapper Creek – 2200 SW 117 Ave.
• South Miami Heights – 20800 SW 117 Ct.
• West Little River – 1830 NW 79 St.
• West Perrine – 16651 SW 107 Ave.

The following Home Chemical Collection Center (open seven days a week for tree drop off only, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) will also accept natural Christmas trees from service area residents:

• West Miami-Dade – 8801 NW 58 St.

Christmas Tree Mulch Availability

Mulch will be available at the following seven locations beginning in spring 2022:

• Eureka Drive – 9401 SW 184 St.
• Golden Glades – 140 NW 160 St.
• Moody Drive – 12970 SW 268 St.
• North Dade Landfill – 21500 NW 47 Ave.
• Sunset Kendall – 8000 SW 107 Ave.
• West Little River – 1830 NW 79 St.
• West Perrine – 16651 SW 107 Ave.

Residents are reminded to bring a shovel and bags or pails to take away the material.

Residents interested in picking up mulch can visit miamidade.gov/christmastreerecycling to sign up to be notified by email when mulch is available.

Curbside Christmas tree collection

Residents who are unable to drop off their Christmas tree can place it at the curbside. Crews will collect Christmas trees from the curbside beginning Wednesday, January 5th. This year trees will be collected throughout the service area during two sweeps. Do not place whole trees or cut up trees in the green garbage carts or blue recycling carts.

• First Christmas Tree Collection Sweep: January 5th – January 16th
  • Trees will be collected on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays
  • Place tree at the curb by Wednesday, January 5th.
• Final Christmas Tree Collection Sweep: January 19th – January 30th
  • Trees will be collected on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays
  • Place tree at the curb by Wednesday, January 19th.

Other Christmas tree disposal options

Residents who are unable to drop off their tree for recycling or who don’t want to wait for curbside collection can use one of their available scheduled bulky waste pickups to have the tree collected.

For more information on the DSWM’s Christmas tree recycling and collection program including drop-off locations and hours, call 311 or visit www.miamidade.gov/solidwaste.