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Storm Debris Disposal: How to Properly Get Rid of Wind-Fallen Trees

December 30, 2011|By Ted Land | Channel 2 News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — This is a weekend when a lot of families take down the Christmas tree, bringing it to one of the free tree recycling spots in town.

There are some rules and apparently not everyone is following them.

Mike Post and his team from Tall Trees Inc., a tree care and removal company which chips up the recycled trees, get a kick out of seeing what people bring to the lot each year.

“We've seen totally decorated trees before, they don't take off the lights, they don't take off any ornaments,” said Post, who just a few minutes earlier kicked a plastic tree stand off one of the trunks. “Every year there’s a few artificial trees too.”

But this winter, a few naughty homeowners are leaving a little something extra under the Christmas trees.

“Branches and logs,” said Post, “there are some mighty strong homeowners out there bringing big huge trees down.”

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He's talking about all those limbs that now litter a lot of people's yards after recent windstorms.

The debris doesn't belong at the Christmas tree recycling sites -- so what can you do with it all?

The city recommends you drop it off at the Anchorage waste transfer station. For $16 they’ll haul if off to the landfill, as long as the limbs are no larger than 8 feet long. No tree trunks allowed.

Or you could just worry about it later.

“As long as your trees aren't posing a hazard or are in your way you can leave those there until spring and deal with them when the snow's gone,” said Donna Mears, recycling coordinator for the Municipality of Anchorage Solid Waste Services.

Information on city dump sites at: http://www.muni.org/Departments/SWS/disposal/Pages/ARL.aspx

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