South Windsor – The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority has required that whole Christmas Trees must be separated from refuse. Special collections for the purposes of recycling whole Christmas trees have been scheduled for the first and the third week in January 2011.
The first collection will begin the week of Monday, January 3, 2011 and the second week will begin Monday, January 17, 2011.
For residential homes the collection will be on your refuse collection day of these two weeks; this includes Plum Ridge Condominiums. Trees must be placed at the curb for collection by 7:00 a.m. There will be one pass per street. Trees placed in plastic bags will not be picked up.
The collection for all other Condominiums will be only on Friday, January 7, 2011 and Friday, January 21, 2011. Trees must be placed at the designated sites by 7:00 a.m. on the day of the collection. Trees placed in plastic bags will not be picked up.
For those who cannot wait until January 3, 2011 or miss the special pickups, Christmas trees can be collected with refuse if branches are trimmed back 8 inches from the stem, and tree lengths do not exceed 4 feet. Please place branches inside plastic bags, and place bags and stem in the refuse container.
Questions may be directed to the Public Works Department, 644-2511, ext. 243 or 243 – Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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