Mulchfest chipping wraps up in New York City
Sunday was the last day for New York City residents to bring their old Christmas trees to any of the city's Mulchfest chipping locations.
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Jan 9, 2022, 6:49 PM
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407ds agoSunday was
the last day for New York City residents to bring their old Christmas trees to
any of the city's Mulchfest chipping locations.
The Parks
Department has 74 tree drop-off locations around the city that were set up the
day after Christmas. For this weekend only, 35 of them were transformed into
Mulchfest sites - where staff gave residents bags of fresh mulch in exchange
for the old trees.
There are
five locations in the Bronx and 11 in Brooklyn.
The program
has been held for more than 20 years. The Parks Department estimated that it
has mulched between 25,000-30,000 trees on average every year.
In Van
Cortlandt Park, staff say they've mulched 460 trees Saturday and more than 60
on Sunday.
The
Sanitation Department will be collecting and composting clean trees left at
curbs until next Saturday.
