Now that Christmas is over, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas tree into mulch.  DPW will offer tree mulching for Baltimore City residents from Monday through Saturday during the entire month of January (except for City holidays).  Mulching services will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southwest Citizens’ Convenience Center located at 701 Reedbird Ave. in South Baltimore.

Residents may bring bags or containers to collect mulch for their own use. Community groups are also encouraged to bring bags or containers and collect free mulch for neighborhood gardens, while supplies last. 

Please make sure that all ornaments and tinsel have been removed from your tree prior to mulching.

Curbside Tree Collection

For residents who cannot bring their trees for mulching, DPW will offer curbside tree collection from Tuesday, January 3, 2017, through Tuesday, January 31, 2017. Residents should set out trees on their regularly scheduled trash collection day, at the same location where their trash is collected. As a reminder, all tinsel and ornaments must be removed from trees before they are set out for curbside collection, or brought in for mulching.

In addition, citizens are encouraged to continue to recycle wrapping paper and recyclable packaging from gifts.  This should be set out on your normal recycling collection day.  For more information about recycling please visit the Recycling Services section of this website.

There will be no Christmas tree mulching or collection on the City holidays of New Year’s Day, which this year will be observed on Monday, January 2, or on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 16.