What should you do with your Christmas tree

What should you do with your Christmas tree?

Green options for Christmas trees after the holidays include planting live trees, or composting or mulching cut trees. This former Christmas tree provides a place for birds, and privacy.

Healthy top soil and a vast web of living things depend on trees and other plant matter returning to the soil. Let your Christmas tree return to the earth where its nutrients will be used to improve and replenish the soil.

Don’t let your Christmas tree end up in a landfill. In landfills, plant materials make methane gas because they decompose without oxygen. Methane is a major cause of global warming, and a major source of methane pollution is landfills.
Bring your tree to the water treatment plant off Lexington Avenue or to the Perryville Convenience Center, between December 26 and January 18. Trees collected at these sites will be made into mulch, which will ultimately benefit the soil. (The trees must not have tinsel or other items on them.)

   Also, trees put to the curb in Stanford and Harrodsburg will be mulched or composted.
   Another good option, if you have a suitable spot, is to just set your tree outside somewhere. A brush pile makes a nice hiding place for wildlife while it decomposes naturally. Or you can buy a live tree and plant it after the holidays.
    Trees brought to other convenience centers in Boyle County, or put out on the curb in Danville, will end up in the landfill.