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Township of Highland issued the following announcement on Jan 7.

Christmas Tree Disposal.

Trash service

Trash service will be as usual on Friday January 7th. GFL will pick up your discarded Christmas trees and greens. Christmas trees are picked up the first 2 weeks of January.  All trees and greens should be un-bagged, and all decorations, tinsel and wire must be removed.

Ways to reuse your Christmas Tree from the National A Christmas Tree -

Soil erosion barriers: Some communities use Christmas trees to make effective sand and soil erosion barriers, especially for lake and river shoreline stabilization and river delta sedimentation management. Here’s an example of just such a project, called “Balsams for Brookies.”

Fish feeders: Sunk into private fishponds, trees make an excellent refuge and feeding area for fish.

Bird feeders: Place the Christmas tree in the garden or backyard and use it as a bird feeder and sanctuary. Fresh orange slices or strung popcorn will attract the birds and they can sit in the branches for shelter. (Make sure all decorations, hooks, garland, and tinsel strands are removed). Eventually (within a year) the branches will become brittle, and you can break the tree apart by hand or chip it in a chipper.

Mulch: A Christmas tree is biodegradable; its branches may be removed, chipped, and used as mulch in the garden. 

Take your tree to a compost site https://spurtindustries.com/ or https://www.tuthillfarms.com/

Paths for hiking trails: Some counties use shredded trees as a free, renewable and natural path material that fits both the environment and the needs of hikers.

Living, rooted trees: Get a rooted (ball and burlap or containerized) tree and plant it in your yard. (It’s a good idea to dig the hole in the late fall while the soil is still soft, then plant the tree into that hole immediately after Christmas.) Living trees have a better survival rate in mild climates.

Free Recycling- 

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Oakland County Parks and Recreation will not be collecting Christmas trees for recycling this season.

In previous years, the parks department has accepted natural trees at several of its locations to be processed into compost and wood chips available for public use. To protect parks staff and visitors alike, management has made the decision not to accept Christmas trees to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Original source can be found here.