Southeastern Louisiana University is again asking area citizens to give the environment a gift after Christmas.
Turtle Cove and its partners will provide Christmas Tree Recycling. Discarded Christmas trees can be dropped off and used for wetland restoration rather than throwing them out with the trash.
Although grant funding from the state for Christmas tree recycling in many areas ended years ago, local partners stepped up to keep the project going.
This marks the 28th straight year Southeastern has conducted its recycled tree program. Approximately 40,000 trees have been deployed through the Southeastern program in the past 27 years.
Trees can be dropped off beginning Jan. 4 through Mardi Gras from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hammond Maintenance facility, located at 18104 Hwy. 190 next to Piggly Wiggly Supermarket. Trees should be dropped off using the gate on Falcon Drive next to Piggly Wiggly. The Southeastern Sustainability Center, located at 2101 North Oak Street, will collect trees beginning Jan. 4 through the end of the month from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday. A Turtle Cove trailer drop off site is maintained at Middendorf’s Restaurant, so customers going there can also drop off trees.
No flocked trees will be accepted, and all trees should be stripped of any ornaments, lights, tinsel, stands, nails and screws, etc.
For more information visit the website at www.southeastern.edu/turtlecove.
