The DeKalb County Sanitation Division on Tuesday announced free Christmas tree curbside collection service for county residents.

It runs Dec. 26 through Jan. 12. Trees will be collected during regularly scheduled sanitation collection days.

To participate, residents must place the curb, sans decorations, of course.

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Only trees 7 feet or less will be accepted. Trees that cannot be trimmed to the required size may be taken to the county-owned Seminole Road Landfill or collected by the Sanitation Division’s special collection unit (fees may apply).

The collected trees will be recycled and converted to mulch.

For more information, contact 404-294-2900 or sanitation@dekalbcountyga.gov, or visit www.dekalbsanitation.com.

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