And those in areas not part of LA Services check your local trash service for their tree handling procedures.

IE in my neighborhood all you have to do is put your tree on the curb on trash day next to your green waste and its picked up for turning into compost and mulch.

Thanks for the info, Fraz! Clearly my neighbor here in West LA thinks he lives much further east…

[...] couple of days ago, Julia wrote about the Christmas Tree disposal program in Los Angeles. Here’s what it looks like in one corner [...]

Note, BTW, what it says at the bottom of the LA City Bureau of Sanitation page that you link to:

Too big for the green bin or no tools? Place at curb on collection day.

The tree in the pic above looks like it’s set up correctly for curb-side pickup: no stand, decorations, or tinsel, and standing at the curb near the green can, in a position that makes it easy for the truck’s pickup arm to grab it.

It’s undoubtedly easier for the greenwaste pickup drivers if you can cut it up and stuff it in the green can, but the Bureau of Sanitation page seems to suggest they’ll pick up whole trees at curbside if necessary.

Well I stand (as does the tree) corrected! Clearly I suffered from TLDR syndrome. Plus I we didn’t have a tree this year….oh well.

Thanks for the info!

I have chopped off all the branches for the “green bin” (I’m in London, but we still have ‘em).

The trunk, I will saw into sections, and then put to one side to dry out. And then it will get BURNED in my lovely open fire. Carbon neutral!

I wish I had the time/energy/balls to go and get the trunks of all the trees I see (dumped on street corners) for firewood.