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- From: jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Christmas tree alternative?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.122554.962@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:25:54 GMT
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- In article <1eble0INNjmi@dodge.solbourne.com>,
- rick@solbourne.com (Rick Gillespie) writes:
- >
- > Here in Boulder they recycle the Christmas trees, either as mulch
- > or by sinking them in lakes to act as fish habitats. Do any other
- > localities do things like this? I agree it is abhorrent to just toss
- > them in the landfill, but I also feel that way about all my neighbours
- > that pack up their grass clippings in plastic bags in the summer.
- >
-
- They collect and mulch Xmas trees in San Diego (or at least where I
- live). The trash collectors don't accept yard waste either. We have
- a recycling service that collects yard wastes and composts them. We
- are critically short of landfill space. Existing landfills are close
- to full and it is difficult getting new ones approved because every
- community has NIMBY these days.
-
- Of course, I compost all my own yard waste.
-
- Jim
-