With Christmas around the corner, Long Beach is once again offering a free way to recycle your holiday tree.

Long Beach launches its Holiday Treecycling program in late December through early January each year to help residents dispose of their trees properly and safely — while benefiting the environment.

Each year, according to a Tuesday, Dec. 2, news release, Long Beach recycles around 155 tons of trees into mulch for city landscaping. Besides helping the environment, the Treecycling program also helps prevent fire hazards and illegal dumping, and keeps trees out of landfills, the city said.

Holliday trees can’t be put into your organics bin since they’re too heavy and bulky — so instead, the city asks residents to drop-off their trees at recycling locations.

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