29 Dec MAIN LINE XMAS TREE COLLECTION GUIDE
Summary
Guide of Christmas tree collection options in southeastern PA.
Mother Compost wants to see all your organic materials make it back to a compost pile. This includes your Christmas trees! We currently do not collect trees on our trucks as there is an abundance of townships & local resources for composting them.
Regardless of which option you choose, be sure remove all decorations, tinsel, garland, lights, and other non-compostable items before leaving your tree on the curb or feeding it to the goats ????
Don’t want to wait for a collection? Drop your tree off at one of Philly Goat Project’s Farm Festival Treecycling events.
Farm Address
6336 Ardleigh Street
Philadelphia, PA 19138
For more information, visit Philly Goat Project’s website and check out their events tab!
Haverford Township:
Find more info about curbside Christmas Tree collection at The Township of Haverford, PA | Official Website
Radnor Township:
Christmas trees are collected after the Christmas holiday, weather permitting, and after leaf collection is completed. Christmas trees must be placed at the curb for pickup.
For more information: Yard Waste Information | Radnor, PA
Lower Merion Township:
The Township typically begins the collection of trees in early January on the regular refuse collection day.
Residents may also dispose of Christmas trees at the Public Works Complex located at: 1300 N Woodbine Avenue in Penn Valley.
Find more information here: Christmas Tree Collection | Lower Merion Township, PA
Upper Merion Township:
Curbside Christmas tree collection season typically runs through the month of January.
After the month of January, you can submit a request for service here: https://www.umtownship.org/how-do-i/request-for-service/.
You can also drop your tree off at the township’s compost site at Heuser Park:
694 West Beidler Road
King of Prussia, PA
Phone: 484-636-3941
Winter Hours: Monday-Friday 7:00AM to 3:00PM
More Info here: Public Works – Upper Merion Township (umtownship.org)
Easttown Township:
Christmas trees are typically collected during January collections.
More Info here: Republic-Services-Calendar-and-Zones-for-Easttown-Township
Tredyffrin Township:
Each hauler offers different options, so this depends on your specific hauler. To reach out, here are the residential haulers for Tredyffrin township.
A.J. Blosenski Inc. – (610)-942-2707
Republic – (610)-265-6337
Republic – (302)-658-4097
Whitetail Disposal, Inc. (610)-754-0103
Source: https://www.tredyffrin.org/services/trash-recycling/trash-hauling-recycling-reports
If your hauler does not take trees for composting, please consider the Philly Goat Project drop off option.
Marple Township:
Put your tree out and the township will be by to collect it. This does not need to be on a specific day. They will come around with a separate truck and will be taken to a separate facility.
More info: Marple Township, PA | Official Website
Narberth: Narberth residents can place their trees with their weekly brush collections and it must be free of all decorations. More information will be posted on the website closer to the end of December.
Check here for Dates and Deetz: Tree Collection – Narberth Borough (narberthpa.gov)
Borough of West Chester:
Please remove all lights and decorations from your tree and place it out at your trash & recycling collection point. Trees placed out in plastic bags will not be collected.
For specific details: Yard Waste Collection | West Chester Borough, PA – Official Website (west-chester.com)
Westtown Township:
You can put your tree out for collection during the yard waste pickup.
Find more info here: Trash & Recycling | Westtown Township (westtownpa.org)
West Goshen Township:
Township homeowners can place their trees at the curbside for removal. For those living in apartments or residents wishing to dispose of their trees earlier, West Goshen will continue its tradition of accepting Christmas trees to be mulched.
More Information Here: Holiday Tree Recycling | West Goshen Township, PA
Hugh Mann
Posted at 13:13h, 22 DecemberHuzzah! the dozens of young pines that have made the holidays bright throughout my life may return their physical forms to the earth from whence they came, to feed the coming generations of others such that they may also revel in the pagan splendor of spiky cones in homes at the end of each arbitrary planetary solar journey.
Mother Compost
Posted at 12:39h, 23 DecemberExactly – although much more eloquently expressed. We are heretofore striking “year” from our vocabulary. It is only “arbitrary planetary solar journey” for us from this day forward. Thank you for sharing your talent for prose with us. We hope you enjoy the pagan splendor of spikey cones as well.