Chicagoans will be able to drop off their Christmas trees at 23 locations between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. The trees will be mulched, and residents can bring the mulch home if they wish.
The goal is to keep the trees -- which weigh an average of 20 pounds and take up about as much space as an old washing machine -- out of landfills, said a spokesman for the city's Department of Streets and Sanitation. Early arrivals will receive free blue bags and seedlings. Last year, about 12,000 trees were recycled.
2026-08-17 - As Dalmatia struggles with another series of destructive wildfires, the debate in Croatia is increasingly shifting from how to extinguish fires to how to prevent them from spreading so rapidly in the first place.
https://trademagazin.hu/ MTI - 2026. 08. 13. Due to climate change, maintaining artificial water bodies will become an increasingly important task in forestry in the coming years – the summary published on Thursday reads.
