City of Joplin offers options for disposing of Christmas trees

(From the City of Joplin)

The City of Joplin will have several collection points for discarded, live Christmas trees running through January 31st. Bring your tree, completely stripped of all decorations, and place it near the “Christmas Tree” drop-off sign posted at one of the following locations: Humphreys Park on Utica Street in the Royal Heights area; the parking lot on the southwest corner in McIndoe Park at Glendale Road and Jackson Avenue; and the Public Works Center at 1301 West 2nd Street.

Discarded Christmas trees are also accepted at City’s tree limb processing site at 1702 North Schifferdecker Avenue from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The site will continue to be open daily except for New Year’s Day, and Sundays until January 4. The drop-off site is located six tenths of a mile north of Belle Center Road on the west side of Schifferdecker Avenue.

The City of Joplin Recycling Center and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility accepts many discarded holiday items including, gift wrapping paper (no ribbons please) boxes, bottles, cans, greeting cards, cooking oil, and clean packing materials such as peanuts and bubble wrap. The Center is located at 1310 West A Street and is open on Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Center will be closed January 1. For additional information, call the Recycling Coordinator at (417) 624-0820, ext. 501 or visit www.joplinmo.org.

The City of Joplin residential trash pickup schedule changes due to the Christmas Day and New Years Day holiday. Trash is not picked up on these holidays. Customers who usually have trash picked up on Wednesdays will have their trash picked up on Thursday, December 26 and January 2. For the remainder of the week, the residential trash collection will move forward one day with Friday’s customers having a Saturday pick-up.

Snow, ice and extreme cold can also delay residential trash pickup. Call Republic Services at 800-431-1507 when there is a question as to whether residential trash service will be delayed.

The Republic Services Transfer Station on Old Route 66 in Galena, Kansas (that accepts Joplin residents’ bulky items) will be closed on December 25th and January 1st.