Curb your Christmas Tree

Starting January 7, 2010 Sunny Isles Beach residents can leave their used natural Christmas Trees on the curb to be picked up by the Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM).

Trees must be without lights, tinsel, or ornaments and will be recycled into mulch for area residents. The mulch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. DSWM will not pick up trees with tinsel, lights or ornaments.

Anyone living in unincorporated Miami-Dade County and people living in Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sunny Isles, and Sweetwater are eligible to participate in the clean-up.

Now through January 17, residents served by the DSWM can also take their trees to one of 13 neighborhood trash and recycling centers or the South Dade landfill. Unless otherwise indicated, these locations are open daily between 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.:

• North Dade Landfill - 21500 NW 47 Avenue
• Norwood - 19901 NW 7 Avenue
• Palm Springs North - 7870 NW 178 Street
• Golden Glades - 140 NW 160 Street
• West Little River - 1830 NW 79 Street
• Snapper Creek - 2200 SW 117 Avenue
• Sunset Kendall - 8000 SW 107 Avenue
• Chapman Field - 13600 SW 60 Avenue
• Richmond Heights - 14050 Boggs Drive
• West Perrine - 16651 SW 107 Ave
• Eureka Drive - 9401 SW 184 Street
• South Miami Heights - 20800 SW 117 Court
• Moody Drive - 12970 SW 268 Street
• South Dade Landfill - 23707 SW 97 Avenue, Gate A (open until 5 p.m.)

Free mulch will be available starting mid-January, 2010 at the following locations:

• Sunset Kendall - 8000 SW 107 Avenue
• North Dade Landfill - 21500 NW 47 Avenue
• Eureka Drive - 9401 SW 184 Street