The City of Salem and Centralia both will offer residents a free way to dispose of their live Christmas trees.
In Salem, live Christmas trees will be collected on your normal Tuesday or Thursday compost day pickup. Trees must be free from all debris (tinsel, ornaments, lights, etc) and cannot be in bags. If they are not, the trees will not be picked up.
In Centralia, residents can take their undecorated, non-artificial Christmas trees to the south gate of the Public Works building located at 115 East 5th Street from eight am to three pm Monday through Friday beginning on Tuesday, January 3rd. the service will be available for three weeks from January 3rd to January 20th. Residents are asked to remove all ornaments, lights and tinsel prior to disposal.
Both cities say the trees will be used for fish habitat in area lakes.
