Gift Plants: What to Do with Poinsettias and Christmas Cacti After the Holidays
As the holiday season comes to an end, often so do many plants that are popular holiday gifts, such as poinsettias and Christmas cacti.
“Tree Cycling” Begins Dec. 17
Turn your Christmas tree into mulch and compost through the City’s Tree Cycling program.
Holiday Box Recycling Fights Crime, Helps Environment
While large items such as computers and flat screen TVs are often popular holiday gifts, setting out their boxes for trash or recycling pick-up can communicate to would-be thieves about what’s inside your home.
Richardson Cooks Bring On The Grease
Recycling in Richardson isn’t just for cans, bottles and paper. Each year following the Thanksgiving holiday, residents drop off used cooking oil at select locations as part of the City’s annual “Cease the Grease” event, and it’s recycled into biofuels by Texas-based American BioSource.
Cooking Oil/Grease Collection Continues through Dec. 5
Thanksgiving cooking oil and grease can be dropped off at the City’s temporary oil/grease drop-off site, near the southwest corner of Plano Road and Columbia Drive.
Blue Recycling Bag Giveaway Schedule for December
Public Services staff will be out in the community on select afternoons in December handing out free blue recycling bags and spreading the word about the benefits of recycling.
Tips for Choosing, Caring for Natural Holiday Trees
If you’re planning to buy a natural Christmas tree from a local tree lot or cut-your-own farm, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has helpful information online regarding the differences between types of trees, how to care for a natural tree after you bring it home, and how to buy a tree so that it can be planted in your landscape after the new year.
Volunteers Plant Trees at Lookout Park
Volunteers organized by the Dallas chapter of SAP Business Women’s Network and One Earth One Chance braved the cold and rain earlier this month to help plant 10 trees around Lookout Park in recognition of Texas Arbor Day.
Partial Tree Replacement Planned for CORE District
Visitors to the City’s CORE District may notice an increase in activity on the medians and sidewalks this month, as Parks staff have begun removing dead and damaged trees and preparing the area for new plantings.
Recycling Tips and Free Blue Bags for America Recycles Day
America Recycles Day is celebrated each year on Nov. 15, and it’s a good time to get up-to-date on what’s currently being accepted in the City’s blue bag recycling program, as processing and demand for recycled material can change.