The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, in partnership with the Chicago Park District, is conducting its annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program at 27 locations throughout the city.

Tree recycling will begin Jan. 11 and continue through Jan. 25.

Each year, thousands of trees are mulched through the program, diverting trees from landfills and creating mulch for city residents, parks and forests.

Live holiday trees can be dropped off inside the tree recycling corrals at designated locations. All ornaments, lights, tinsel, and tree stands must be removed before the tree is dropped off, and plastic bags used for transport should also be removed prior to placing the trees in the corrals.

Locations are:

• Bessemer Park, 8930 S. Muskegon Ave.
• Clark Park, 3400 N. Rockwell St.
• Forestry Site, 900 E. 103^rd St.
• Garfield Park, 100 N. Central Park Ave.
• Grant Park, 900 S. Columbus Drive
• Hiawatha Park, 8029 W. Forest Preserve Drive
• Humboldt Park Boathouse, 1301 N. Humboldt Drive
• Jackson Park, 6300 S. Cornell Ave.
• Kelvyn Park, 4438 W. Wrightwood Ave.
• Kennedy Park, 2427 W. 113^th St.
• Lake Meadows Park, 3117 S. Rhodes Ave.
• Lincoln Park, east side of Cannon Drive at Fullerton Avenue
• Mahalia Jackson Park, 8385 S. Birkhoff Ave.
• Margate Park, 4921 N. Marine Drive
• Marquette Park, 6700 S. Kedzie Ave.
• McKinley Park, 2210 W. Pershing Road
• Mount Greenwood Park, 3721 W. 111^th St.
• North Park Village, 5801 N. Pulaski Road
• Norwood Park Service Yard, 5800 N. Avondale Ave.
• Portage Park, 4100 N. Long Ave.
• Riis Park, 6201 W. Wrightwood
• Rowan Park, 11546 S. Avenue L
• Sheridan Park, 910 S. Aberdeen St.
• Walsh Park, 1722 N. Ashland Ave.
• Warren Park, 6601 N. Western Ave.
• Wentworth Park, 5701 S. Narragansett Ave.
• West Chatham Park, 8223 S. Princeton Ave.

Free mulch will be available for residents, beginning Monday, at Lincoln, Margate, North Park Village, Warren and Mount Greenwood parks and the Forestry Site.

For information, call 312-744-2413 or visit chicagorecycles.org