Where Can I Recycle a Christmas Tree in Ocean County?

As quickly as Christmas trees go up it seems like they come down even quicker. If you have a real tree there's often some questions surrounding what you can do with those trees. The Ocean County Parks Department is accepting trees through January 31, 2017. We have a complete list of county parks below.

The Ocean County Parks & Recreation Department wrote on Facebook that trees can be dropped off at designated areas in the following county parks:

• Cattus Island County Park - Toms River (Map & Directions)
• Cloverdale Farm County Park - Barnegat (Map & Directions)
• Wells Mills County Park - Waretown (Map & Directions)
• Ocean County Park - Lakewood (Map & Directions)
• Beaver Dam County Park - Point Pleasant Beach (Map & Directions)
• Jake Branch County Park - Beachwood (Map & Directions)
• Mill Creek County Park - Waretown (Map & Directions)
• Enos Pond County Park - Forked River (Map & Directions)
• Robert J. Miller Airpark - Berkeley (Map & Directions)
• Freedom Fields County Park - Little Egg Harbor (Map & Directions)
• Patriots County Park - Jackson  (Map & Directions)
• Stanley H."Tip" Seaman County Park - Tuckerton (Map & Directions)
• A. Paul King County Park - Manahawkin (Map & Directions)
• Ocean County Golf Course at Atlantis - Tuckerton (Map & Directions)
• Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond - Brick (Map & Directions)

Individual Ocean County townships and municipalities may also offer curbside tree pick up (and recycling) options. Check with your local municipality for details on those options. If not, let these great parks help you with the recycling. You know you'll be helping the environment that way.