Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
Once the holiday season draws to a close it will be time to take down your decorations and you might be wondering what to do with your Christmas tree. • Christmas trees will be collected in the City of Pembroke on Monday January 7th, for residents with Monday collection and on January 8th, for residents with Tuesday and Wednesday collection (weather permitting – if significant snowstorm, collection will be rescheduled).
• Christmas trees must be set out prior to 6:00 a.m.
• Christmas trees will be collected by the City Operations Department again this year, separately from all other material.
• Trees must be free from all lights and decorations.
• Artificial trees or trees in plastic bags will not be collected.
• Do not place your Christmas tree in your green cart. Christmas trees that are collected are delivered to the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre where they are turned into wood chips. The material is then used in the composting process at the Centre or sold as landscaping mulch. Residents are reminded to not place Christmas trees on top of or in a snow bank.
• Trees can become frozen in the snowbank and city staff who are trying to remove them may get injured.
• It also impedes snow removal.
Please note that Christmas trees are also accepted at the Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre for drop-off at no charge during the month of January from City of Pembroke residents. For more information on your local recycling programs including information on what can be recycled and composted, please refer to your collection calendar.