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Grinding of the Greens Christmas Tree Recycling Program

The Annual Grinding of the Greens Christmas Tree Recycling program, a Fayetteville holiday tradition since 1994,  continues for a third decade of recycling! This annual program has reached  its 30th year of protecting and enhancing our environment. Grinding of the Greens encourages Fayetteville residents to recycle their live Christmas trees and since its beginning, has kept thousands of pounds of recyclable material out of our landfills. The long-standing partnership between Fayetteville Public Works Commission, Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation and Duke Energy Progress (DEP) turns live Christmas trees into mulch for the Fayetteville Community Garden and other local parks.

The Cumberland-Fayetteville Parks and Recreation will collect the trees from Fayetteville city residents in a special tree pickup will take place during the week of Jan. 8-12, 2024. Pickups are separate from yard waste, trash or recycle pickups and city residents should put their trees out for curbside collection by the evening of January 7th. All lights, stands and trimmings should be removed from the tree. Residents who live outside the City or miss the pickup, may drop off trees at the Fayetteville Community Garden, located at the corner of Vanstory and Mann Street just off Old Wilmington Road any day before January 13th.