Archive for December, 2006

December 30th, 2006

Scouts to pick up Pleasanton Christmas trees – Tri-Valley Herald

Scouts to pick up Pleasanton Christmas treesTri-Valley Herald, CA - 15 hours ago… Boy Scout Troops 941 and 943 will join together for their annual Christmas tree pickup next Saturday. The minimum donation for residential trees is $5, or $10 … Scouts Offer Easy Way To Dispose Of Christmas Trees KCRA.comNew Year's Eve plans? Skip it, I say Virginian Pilotall 4 news articles

December 30th, 2006

Scouts collecting Christmas trees at mall – Sacramento Bee

San Mateo Daily JournalScouts collecting Christmas trees at mallSacramento Bee,  USA - 17 hours agoBoy Scout Troop 215 is again making it easy for residents to get rid of their Christmas trees. Scouts will be stationed in the southeast … Scouts to pick up Christmas trees Vallejo Times-HeraldTree trimming offered San Mateo Daily JournalNow is the time for rituals, resolutions The Union of Grass ValleySt. Helena Starall 5 news articles

December 30th, 2006

Put Christmas trees out with yard waste – Chapel Hill News

Put Christmas trees out with yard wasteChapel Hill News, NC - 8 hours agoCHAPEL HILL — Town solid waste crews will pick up Christmas trees and wreaths for mulching on the regular yard waste collection schedule. … Crews will pick up Christmas trees News & Observerall 2 news articles

December 30th, 2006

Forbes State Park to Use Thrown Out Christmas Trees for Fish – WJBDRadio.com

Forbes State Park to Use Thrown Out Christmas Trees for FishWJBDRadio.com, IL - 1 hour agoForbes State Park near Omega is accepting Christmas trees for recycling in the lake. Individuals can take their tree to either boat …

December 30th, 2006

Lancaster Vandals Light Christmas Trees On Fire – NBC4.TV

Lancaster Vandals Light Christmas Trees On FireNBC4.TV, CA - 2 hours agoLANCASTER, Calif. — Vandals used thrown-out Christmas trees to start at least 10 fires within a 20-minute period in Lancaster on Saturday, including three … Vandals Torch Discarded Christmas Trees CBS 2all 2 news articles

December 30th, 2006

Christmas trees get new life in Galveston (Houston Chronicle)

Every year hundreds of Christmas trees collected from residents in Galveston avoid the landfill and are instead turned into mulch. Next spring the mulch will be placed in city gardens and parks to help hold moisture in and keep down weeds

December 30th, 2006

Christmas trees can be useful after the holidays are over (Holmen Courier)

Long after holiday celebrations are over, the more than 3.25 million Christmas trees harvested in Wisconsin can be useful as wildlife habitats, mulch or potpourri.

December 30th, 2006

Mulch Use Will Be Made of Tossed-Out Christmas Trees (RedNova)

By Bertrand M. Gutierrez, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Dec. 30–Dispossessed of their ornaments, Christmas trees are being churned into mulch at a Winston-Salem landfill off Clemmonsville Road.

December 30th, 2006

Vandals Torch Discarded Christmas Trees (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Vandals ignited at least 10 discarded Christmas trees in a 20-minute period in Lancaster, including three that burned cars, sheriff’s deputies said.

December 30th, 2006

Lancaster Vandals Light Christmas Trees On Fire (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

Vandals use thrown-out Christmas trees to start at least 10 fires within 20 minutes, including three that burned cars, sheriff’s deputies say.