How to Recycle a Christmas Wreath
- 1). Remove everything from the wreath, including ribbons, decorations or the wires used to attach decorations.
- 2). Cut the Christmas wreath into sections small enough to fit into the yard waste container used by your garbage collection service.
- 3). Contact your local recycling center to see if there are specific days or times that you can drop off your Christmas wreath.
- 4). Ask if any charitable organizations are recycling Christmas trees, wreaths or swags as a fundraising event. Several organizations do so regularly, including the Boy Scouts and several church youth groups. Paying a small fee for them to collect your wreath benefits the organization and the environment.
- 5). Put your Christmas wreath through a rented wood chipper and use the chips as mulch in your landscape or as compost. Go in with your neighbors to make it an annual event.
- 6). Remove the boughs and burn the wood of your Christmas wreath in your fireplace.
