Recycle your Christmas tree and bring it a second life as a gift to the community. Each holiday season the Conservation District of Southern Nevada and UNLV Rebel Recycling partners with local public and private organizations to reduce holiday landfill waste and to create much needed mulch for local parks and public gardens through the recycling of Christmas trees. Now through Jan. 15, local residents are encouraged to drop off their discarded Christmas trees at the Cooperative Extension office in Logandale.

Southern Nevada residents have recycled more than 95,000 trees creating 822 tons of mulch since the program began in 2001. Last Christmas season more than 15,000 trees were recycled, chipped and turned into 136 tons of nutrient rich mulch used for landscaping projects and dust control. Local landfill volume was spared 133 tons, roughly the equivalent of nine school buses.

All donated trees will be chipped into rich organic material to be used at public gardens and parks across the region including the Springs Preserve, City of Henderson parks, Clark County parks, City of North Las Vegas parks and Tonopah Community Garden. As the mulch decomposes, it will provide many nutrients that plants need to remain healthy and conserve soil moisture.

Residents can receive free Christmas tree mulch at Pecos Legacy Park on January 14 from 9-1pm. Mulch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. You must bring your own container for transport.