St. Charles County Missouri

St. Charles County Department of Community
Health & The Environment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2010

CONTACT:
Pieter Sheehan, Director, Division of Environmental Health and Protection 636-949-1800
Deborah Christensen, Environmental Public Health Specialist 636-949-1800
Doug Bolnick, Public Information Officer 636-949-7408

County Again Offers Free Tree Recycling After the Holiday

St. Charles County, Missouri –After the Yuletide celebration, give one more gift by recycling your live Christmas tree so that it may be turned into mulch or fish habitat. Again this year, St. Charles County is partnering with area municipalities to offer residents this free service at various sites from Dec. 26 through Jan. 18. Be sure to remove the tree stand, decorations, and plastic bag or cover before leaving your tree at one of the locations below:

St. Peters
  • Laurel Park (upper parking lot), enter via McClay Valley Rd.
  • St. Peters Golf & Recreation Center, 200A Salt Lick Rd.
  • St. Peters Earth Centre, 115 Ecology Dr.

    Locations open 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thru Saturday, Dec. 28 to Jan. 18

Wentzville
  • Progress Park (parking lot), 968 Meyer Rd.

    Open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., seven days a week, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 18

O’Fallon
  • Civic Park (upper parking lot), 400 Civic Park Dr.
  • O’Fallon Sports Park, 3589 Hwy. K

    Open from dawn to dusk, Dec. 26 to Jan. 18

Lake
Saint Louis
  • Founders Park, 7 Freymuth Road

    Open during daylight hours, Dec. 26 to Jan. 17

St. Charles County
  • Quail Ridge Park (Group Picnic Area), 5501 Quail Ridge Pkwy. (Wentzville)

    Park hours are 7 a.m. to one-half hour after sunset, seven days a week,
    from Dec. 26 to Jan. 22

Non-foil gift boxes, wrapping paper and Christmas tree lights may be recycled at Recycle Works West (2110 E. Pitman Ave., in Wentzville) or Recycle Works Central (60 Triad South Dr., in St. Charles) Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information about St. Charles County recycling programs, please call 636-949-1800 or visit www.scchealth.org/es.

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