Holiday Wrap-up Recycling Program
December 26, 2007 - January 13, 2008
Wake County citizens can recycle a variety of celebration waste during the annual Holiday Wrap Up Recycling Event
Use the convenience centers listed below for holiday recycling items from December 26 until January 13:
- Convenience Center #1 – 1050 Old Stage Road in Garner
- Convenience Center #2 – 6000 Old Smithfield Road in Apex
- Convenience Center #4 – 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road in South Raleigh
- Convenience Center #7 – 9008 Deponie Drive in North Raleigh
- Convenience Center #11 – 5051 Wendell Boulevard between Wendell and Zebulon
Please note that Convenience Centers are open daily from 7 am until 7 pm and will be closed one-half day on Christmas Eve and all day for Christmas.
The County's program will accept the following materials:
- Christmas trees (remove ornaments, lights and tinsel)
- Corrugated cardboard
- Chip board (paper roll tubes, cereal boxes, etc.)
- Glossy magazines/catalogs
- Greeting cards
- SBS board (shirt boxes, etc.)
- Wrapping paper (no bows or foil)
ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING LOCATIONS
Wake County citizens can also recycle their Christmas trees at the following Wake County Parks between December 26 and January 13, during regular Park hours.
- Blue Jay Point County Park – 3200 Pleasant Union Church Road in Raleigh
- Harris Lake County Park – 2112 County Park Drive in New Hill
- Lake Crabtree County Park – 1400 Aviation Parkway in Morrisville
Please note that County Parks are open daily, 8 am until sunset and will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Tips For Trimming Down Your Holiday Waste
HOLIDAY SHOPPING
- Shop from home, either electronically or through catalogs.
- Plan ahead. Making a list will save time, money and last-minute shopping frenzies.
- Consolidate shopping trips. Less driving means less wasted on gas.
- Call the 800 number on the back of mail-order gift catalogs to cancel the ones you don't want.
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS
- Consider purchasing a potted tree to decorate and plant in your yard later, or buy an artificial and reusable tree.
- If you buy a cut tree, reuse it as habitat for birds in the back yard during the winter months. Hang feeders or suet balls on it, and mulch the tree in the spring.
- Get outdoor light strands that are wired in parallel. These have separate circuitry so that if one bulb goes out the rest will keep shining.
- Make decorations out of natural materials.
- Make homemade tree ornaments out of things you already have around the house.
HOLIDAY GIFTS, GIFT WRAP, AND CARDS
- Look for gifts that are: durable, not over-packaged, energy efficient, made with recycled materials, recyclable and not made of tropical woods.
- Keep it simple. One thoughtful gift is better than six wrapped packages of unwanted gifts.
- Donate unwanted gifts to charity.
- Give gifts that reduce environmental impacts, such as household goods like reusable linen napkins or reusable canvas shopping bags, educational items, plants that reduce indoor air pollution.
- Use reusable or recyclable wrapping paper.
- Don't wrap oversized presents.
- Give gift certificates or gifts that don't need to be wrapped.
- For gifts that require batteries, purchase rechargeable ones.
HOLIDAY PARTIES