Mulchfest, the city’s annual Christmas tree recycling program, is coming to the different boroughs starting this weekend.
The city grinds up Christmas trees and wreaths into wood chips, which people can then use for their yards and gardens.
“At many of the locations there will be chippers where you can take some of the mulch back,” explained Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “It is great for putting in window boxes and tree pits, your back yard, front yard and garden. So you can give and receive. That which you don’t take we will use in the parks.”
“This is not mulch ado about nothing,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Mulchfest will take place this Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 65 locations around the five boroughs.
To find the nearest site visit www.nyc.gov or just call 311.
And for New Yorkers can do without the mulch, sanitation workers will be picking up trees for recycling from this Friday until the 16th.