(Seguin) — The holiday season is officially over, and that means it’s time to get rid of those fresh Christmas tree. The city of Seguin is offering residents a couple of ways to get rid of their natual Christmas trees.
Public Information Officer Jennifer Sourdellia says you will need to remove everything off the tree, but they’ve tried to make the disposal process easy.
“We will collect the Christmas trees on the resident’s regular collection day, but we do ask that everyone take (off) the stand, lights, ornaments and any other decorations. We need all of that stuff removed from the tree, so that we can properly dispose of those trees. And also those trees need to be cut in half, before they are placed on the curb and collected,” said Sourdellia.
If you don’t want to chop the tree in half, you can simply have it picked up as part of the city’s normal brush collection service. This might take a little bit longer, based on your brush pick up day, but it’s yet another way to have your tree removed.
“They can place their tree on the curb, and it will be collected as part of the regular city brush collection rotation. What we are asking people to do is to put their Christmas trees out at the curb on the Monday morning of their designated week to make sure that it’s picked up. Again, all of the oranments, lights, stands (or) any decorations on that tree — we need to have all that removed before it’s collected,” said Sourdellia.
If you’re not sure when the city has you scheduled for brush pickup, you can go online and find that information.
“People can go onto our website. We’ve got a place on our website where they can find their brush collection date and their zone, by visiting seguintexas.gov. There’s a link on the public works page — a brush link. So our residents can simply go there, locate their zone and that will tell them their collection date,” said Sourdellia.
So again cut your fresh Christmas tree in half if you want it picked up as part of your regular garbage collection, or you can leave it whole and it will be picked up later this month as part of the city’s regular brush collection efforts. If you need more information, you can contact the city’s public works department.