{"id":478059,"date":"2025-12-29T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/478059\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:55:10","slug":"chicago-christmas-tree-recycling-2026-dates-locations-and-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/478059\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Christmas Tree Recycling 2026: Dates, locations and map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the ornaments come down and pine needles make their annual bid for independence, Chicagoans face the ultimate post-holiday question: What should I do with this tree? Whether you\u2019re a pro-recycler or a first-timer, the city has a plan. While you could leave your tree in the alley for the garbage crew to find eventually, there\u2019s a much more environmentally friendly way to\u00a0bid farewell\u00a0to the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The city has announced details of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/chicago-recycles\/home\/holiday-tree-recycling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2026 Christmas tree recycling program<\/a>, which collects trees for composting from January 3\u201317, 2026, in parks across the city. Before you lug your tree to a recycling site, you&#8217;ll need to\u00a0ensure that it&#8217;s stripped of any ornaments, tinsel, lights or other decorations\u2014only bare trees are accepted for recycling. You&#8217;ll be able to drop off your tree whenever participating parks are open to the public (check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoparkdistrict.com\/parks-facilities?title=&amp;field_location_type_target_id%5B0%5D=381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chicago Park District website<\/a>\u00a0for hours).<\/p>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/usa\/restaurants\/most-festive-holiday-restaurants-in-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The most festive holiday restaurants in America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once collected, the trees are converted into mulch, which Chicagoans can pick up for free on a first come, first served basis. Residents can snag a bag at six specific locations: North Park Village, Warren Park, Margate Park, Lincoln Park, Mt. Greenwood Park and the Forestry Site.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the full list of parks where you can drop off your Christmas tree. Last year, Chicagoans recycled more than 22,000 trees\u2014here\u2019s to breaking that record this season!<\/p>\n<p>City of Chicago holiday tree recycling locations (alphabetical order):\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bessemer Park, 8930 S Muskegon Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Clark Park, 3400 N Rockwell St<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Forestry Site, 900 E 103rd St (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Garfield Park, 100 N Central Park Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Grant Park, 900 S Columbus Dr<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Hiawatha Park, 8029 W Forest Preserve Dr<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1369 N Sacramento Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Jackson Park, 6300 S Cornell Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kelvyn Park, 4438 W Wrightwood Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kennedy Park, 2427 W 113th St<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Lake Meadows Park, 3117 S Rhodes Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Lincoln Park, East side of Cannon Dr, north of Fullerton Ave (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Mahalia Jackson Park, 8385 S Birkhoff Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Margate Park, 4921 N Marine Dr (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Marquette Park, 6700 S Kedzie Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>McKinley Park, 2210 W Pershing Rd<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Mt. Greenwood Park, 3721 W 111th St (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>North Park Village, 5801 N Pulaski Rd (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Norwood Park (Service Yard), 5800 N Avondale Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Portage Park, 4100 N Long Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Riis Park, 6201 W Wrightwood Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Rowan Park, 11546 S Avenue L<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Sheridan Park, 910 S Aberdeen St<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Walsh Park, 1722 N Ashland Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Warren Park, 6601 N Western Ave (free mulch available)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Wentworth Park, 5701 S Narragansett Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>West Chatham Park, 8223 S Princeton Ave<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the ornaments come down and pine needles make their annual bid for independence, Chicagoans face the ultimate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":478060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[10336,960,5386,1818,10337,1072],"class_list":{"0":"post-478059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-categories-things-to-do","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-news-city-life","13":"tag-things-to-do"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115803909423321470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}