The City will compost your Christmas trees if you leave them on the curb, but this weekend, many local parks will mulch them, and some will give you mulch to take home!
The Brooklyn Food Coalition proposes linking Christmas Tree Recycling with Fall Leaf Recycling. No, not by reconstructing a holiday tree from fallen maple leaves, though that’s sorta cool too. We’re talkin’ law.
If you want the city to compost leaves left on your curb just as they do with the trees they pick up, you can help! Find out more here and send your thoughts to brooklynfoodjustice (at) gmail (dot) com.
Feeling crafty? Cut five big “leaves” from cardboard, punch a hole atop each leaf to thread twine through & around the tree, write one word on each leaf: BRING. BACK. FALL. LEAF. COLLECTION. You always knew trees could talk…