BRING ONE FOR THE CHIPPER
Let us give your tree a second life.
About Our Event
For more than three decades, we’ve helped Georgians recycle their Christmas trees. Since 1991, we’ve diverted over 6 million trees from local landfills, and that number continues to grow each year.
When you purchase a live tree, you make a conscious choice to improve the environment. According to the National Christmas Tree Association, nearly 350 million Christmas trees currently grow on U.S. farms, absorbing carbon dioxide, emitting fresh oxygen, stabilizing soil, protecting water supplies, and providing refuge for wildlife. For each tree harvested, one to three seedlings are planted in its place—that makes them a renewable resource. Dropping it off with us after the holidays is the logical next step! We’ll transform it into mulch, fuel, or depending on where you live, a habitat for local wildlife. We like to call this the act of ‘treecycling’.
Would you like to get involved?
Each holiday season, our network hosts more than 100 collection sites across the state. We post a list of locations in early December so you can easily find out where to drop off your tree or volunteer. If you’re interested in hosting a site yourself, we open registration and release related details every autumn.
Impact by the numbers
Last year, our network collected a total of 54,066 trees from 123 locations across the state. Of these, 47,883 were recycled into mulch for playgrounds, city and county landscaping projects, and individual homes. 1,596 trees were sunk into lakes in order to provide fish habitats. 3,644 were used for fuel or other uses.
Many thanks go out to the companies and organizations that donate the services, space, time, and materials that make Bring One for the Chipper possible.
Interested in other events in your community? Visit our affiliate page to find community cleanups, garden plantings, and recycling drives in your neighborhood.