January 2012 DeKalb Trash Schedule

We're getting a lot of hits for this, so here’s the Dekalb Sanitation schedule for the first week of Jan 2012

• No pick up of any kind on Monday Jan 2.
• Yard waste will be moved from Monday to Tuesday Jan 3.
• Regular trash will be moved from Tuesday to Wednesday Jan 4.
• No recycling pick-up for the entire week.

As we previously posted, Christmas trees can be put on the street for pick-up on yard waste days (Tue Jan 4 this week or Mon Jan 9 next week) if all decorations are removed and tree is cut into sections that are a maximum of 4 feet long.

Total 2012 Sanitation Dept holiday schedule is not yet available from the County.

DeKalb Christmas Tree Recycling

Merry Christmas! Hope you are all having a great holiday. As the kiddies start to calm down and the trash starts to pile up, its time to think about what to do with that darn Christmas tree. Keep DeKalb Beautiful has brought back their "Bring One for the Chipper" event Monday, Jan. 2 - Saturday, Jan. 7. again this year. DeKalb residents receiving sanitation services can place their tree at the curb for pick-up on regular yard debris collection day.  

Trees should not exceed four feet in length for curbside pick-up. The recycled trees will be chipped into mulch or used as wildlife habitat. Mulch is used for public beautification projects and is free to DeKalb residents (stay tuned for a review on this service for our spring landscaping project!). 

If you do not receive curbside sanitation services, Christmas tree recycling drop-off locations are listed below:

Drop-Off Locations

• Seminole Road Landfill: 4203 Clevemont Road Ellenwood, GA 30294 (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
• Home Depot: 2295 Lawrenceville Highway Decatur, GA 30033
• Home Depot: 4343 Tilly Mill Road Atlanta, GA 30360
• Home Depot: 4325 New Snapfinger Woods Drive Decatur, GA 30035

Christmas Tree Recycling

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday! With all the festivities coming to an end, it's now time to figure out what to do with your Christmas Tree (see ours above!).  While it might be fun to have a fragrant bonfire or have Christmas again in July, most people are kicking their trees to the curb (literally). DeKalb County and Keep DeKalb Beautiful are sponsoring the 20th Annual Bring One for the Chipper Event.

The recycled Christmas Trees will be chipped into mulch for public beautification projects.  This event is free to all DeKalb County residents.To participate at home, those who are served by DeKalb County Sanitation are asked to leave their trees for curbside pick-up on their yard on debris collection day.  Please note that all decorations, lights, and ornaments must be removed.  Any tree over 7 feet tall must be cut in half prior to curbside placement.

In addition to leaving them at the curbside for pickup Christmas Trees can also be dropped off at the following locations:

Agnes Scott College

Saturday, Jan. 2. Residents can drop off live Christmas trees at the Christmas Tree Recycling Center in the Agnes Scott parking lot. The entrance is between 184 and 206 S. Candler St. in Decatur GA.

Seminole Road 

Landfill Drop-off Site

4203 Clevemont Road

Lithonia, GA 404-294-2900

Mon. to Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are restricted to residents of Dekalb County only.

East Transfer Station

1750 Rogers Lake Road

Lithonia, GA 404-294-2927

Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Services are restricted to residents of Dekalb County only.

The recycling center will be open Monday, Dec. 28, through Saturday, Jan. 2

Last year, more than 200,000 trees were recycled in the State of Georgia. Over 10,000 of those trees were from DeKalb county GA residents. The program produces environmental benefits while helping Dekalb county comply with state regulations that prohibit the disposal of yard trimmings in lined municipal landfills.

Christmas Trees

Even though it's still November, the countdown to Christmas has begun. Since Cory and I have graduated from apartment living to house living, we decided it was time to buy our first real Christmas tree.

We stopped off at our neighborhood Lowes to get some hardware for our shelving project, and we walked through the garden center just to check prices of trees (see photo below for pricing, as I'm sure all Lowes have the same). Since the prices were so low, we picked ourselves up a $24.98, 6-7' Douglas Fir (The most common/popular Christmas Tree according to the guy that helped us out). The guys there trim the trunk, wrap it, load it, and tie it down on your car for free. Since we had the truck, we just loaded the tree in along with our wreath ($12).

My only complaint about Lowes is that they didn't carry the "tree food" or tree preservative. We had to make a stop at Hastings to pick up the stuff. Hastings also had some beautiful trees, but they were much more $$$ starting at $50 for what looked like a 5' to $100 for a 8'. Even though they were nice and lush, I just have a hard time spending that much money for a christmas tree.  And if your looking for even more selection, the Big John's Trees is set up in the parking lot of the vacant Wilson & Sons Antiques shopping center. 

We thoroughly enjoyed putting up our tree yesterday and decorating the house. Now every time we walk in the door all you smell is Christmas! Hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving, and we hope you enjoy the upcoming holidays!