{"id":94682,"date":"2026-01-09T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/94682\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:25:09","slug":"what-happens-to-your-christmas-tree-after-the-holidays-nyc-has-a-useful-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/94682\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to your Christmas tree after the holidays? NYC has a useful solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The NYC Parks Department is encouraging New Yorkers to recycle their holiday trees at various Mulchfest drop-off sites across the five boroughs instead of tossing them to the curb.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Jan. 6, NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, State Sen. Brian Kavanagh and other city officials chipped holiday trees in Washington Square Park to promote the upcoming Mulchfest\u2019s Chipping Weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mulchfest Chipping Weekend \"MulchfestThe two-decade tradition returns with Chipping Weekend on Jan. 10-11, allowing participants to receive mulch made from their own trees at dozens of locations across the five boroughs.Courtesy of NYC Parks \/ Daniel Avila<\/p>\n

Mulchfest Chipping Weekend will take place Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, giving individuals the chance to have their trees chipped into mulch. <\/p>\n

Participants who bring their tree to a chipping site will receive their own bag of mulch\u2014a \u2018tree-mento\u2019\u2014created from their tree to reuse in their backyards or to make a winter bed for a street tree<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cMulchfest is one of New York City\u2019s favorite sustainability traditions, and last year New Yorkers showed up in a big way by chipping over 52,000 trees,\u201d said Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, NYC Parks commissioner.<\/p>\n

If New Yorkers can\u2019t attend chipping sites during Mulchfest Chipping Weekend, they bring their holiday trees to 76 drop-off locations citywide, including sites on Staten Island. <\/p>\n

There, they can snap a family photo and say goodbye to their tree before it\u2019s recycled.<\/p>\n

Staten Island Sites<\/p>\n

Drop-off locations on Staten Island include Silver Lake Tennis House<\/a>, Wolfe\u2019s Pond Park<\/a>, Tappen Park<\/a> and Willowbrook Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chipping sites on Staten Island include Clove Lakes Park<\/a>, Conference House Park<\/a>, Midland Beach<\/a> and Westerleigh Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other Mulchfest drop-off sites<\/p>\n

Across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, there are multiple drop-off locations and chipping sites in parks and community gardens. For a full list of sites visit the NYC Parks website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"NYCRodriguez-Rosa joined by city officials to demonstrate tree chipping process that supports community gardens and parks while promoting environmental responsibility.Courtesy of NYC Parks \/ Daniel Avila<\/p>\n

For more than two decades, Parks has collected and mulched trees to support planting beds and community gardens across the city. <\/p>\n

In 2025, the city chipped more than 52,000 trees, creating sustainable mulch used throughout parks, community gardens and city institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurning holiday trees into valuable mulch not only supports our parks year-round, but it allows us to come together to practice sustainability and environmental responsibility,\u201d Rodriguez-Rosa said. \u201cLet\u2019s make Mulchfest 2026 one to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The NYC Parks Department is encouraging New Yorkers to recycle their holiday trees at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-94682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}