Triangle cities are ready to help out. They won't come in anddismantle the tree for you, but they will pick it up on designated days.
Raleigh will pick up trees Jan. 4, 8, 15 and 25. The sanitation crews ask that trees be placed at the curb -- not in the street -- by 7 a.m.And please do have the trees undecorated.
If you would like to dispose of the tree yourself, you may take it tothe Raleigh Yard Waste Center at 900 New Hope Road. Hours are 7 a.m.until 3:45 p.m Monday through Saturday.
Chapel Hill will collect discarded Christmas trees at curbside duringregular trash collections Mondays through Thursdays.
Durham will begin holiday tree pick-up at curbside Jan. 6 at thesame time as regular yard waste collections, and will last two weeks.Residents can also haul their trees to the landfill at 2115 E. Club Blvd.from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday.
In Raleigh, residents may also participate in "Christmas Wrap-Up!," aone-day recycling program for Christmas cards and bows, trees (cleared ofall decorations), styrofoam "peanuts" and moldings, corrugated cardboard,glossy magazines and catalogs, and chipboard (gift boxes).
Wrapping paper will not be accepted, due to poor paper markets thisyear.
The wrap-up will be held Jan. 1 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the upperparking lot of the K-Mart Shopping Center at the corner of Blue Ridge Roadand Western Boulevard in Raleigh.
And, with the tree dispatched and everything recycled, you can rewardyourself with a New Year's Day Hike at Eno River State Park inDurham. Take the 2-mile or the 4-mile loop, leaving from parkheadquarters at the end of Cole Mill Road. The hikes begin at 2 p.m. Formore information, call 919-489-2795. Refreshments will be servedafterward.
Happy New Year, Everyone!
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