The Broward County Parks and Recreation Division is committed to recycling through its annual Chip-A-Tree program. The initiative allows Broward County residents to bring holiday trees to a park where they are chipped and used for landscaping throughout the park system.

Last year's program was very successful!  Thanks goes to all the residents who dropped of 10,561 trees to be chipped into mulched and used in the parks!  Instead of tossing their tree in the trash, these environmentally-conscious park patrons saved 132 tons of waste from the waste stream.

This year's program starts December 26, 2008 and ends January 18, 2009. 

• Drop off at designated locations within the park between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. except Tuesdays at parks that are closed.
• Remove all decorations, wires, lights, plastic bags, and stands before leaving the tree.
• Artificial trees will not be accepted.
• Only personal vehicles will be allowed to leave trees, no truckloads.
• There is no fee to drop off the holiday tree for recycling.

This program is open to residents of Broward County. There is no fee, and the park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will not be charged for those just dropping off their tree for recycling.

For more information, call 954-357-8177 or e-mail praglin@broward.org .