DeKalb County sanitation will recycle Christmas trees starting this week, either with curbside collection or with drop-off at the county-owned Seminole Road landfill.

Residents receiving regular trash pick-up can leave their trees out during their regular yard-waste collection day. Trees more than 7-feet in length must be cut in half for collection.

Residents also can drop trees off for recycling weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the landfill, 4203 Clevemont Road, Ellenwood.

Trees will be chipped into mulch for use in county projects and is free for county residents.

More information about tree recycling or to get mulch: 404-294-2900.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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