Starting this week, the region is offering a tree-cycling program that will take all live Christmas trees and chop them up into mulch.
The program runs from Jan. 2 until Jan. 12, collecting live trees during regularly scheduled garbage pick-up days.
Tree collection for Cambridge starts on the week of Jan. 8.
The region asks that all light, ornaments and decorations be removed from the tree so they can go right into the chipper.
Trees that are longer than six-feet should be cut in half and be easily visible for the garbage collectors.
Those who are looking to get rid of an artificial tree can still put it at the curb and it will be collected as a bulk item and get sent to the landfill, according to the region's website.
If you miss the tree collecting program residents can still drop it off at a waste management site so that it is chipped up into mulch, but fees will apply. Alternatively, residents can set it out for bulk collection to be taken to the landfill.
Since the New Year's Day holiday falling on Monday, regularly scheduled garbage pick-up will be pushed to the following day. The region will also allow double the amount of garbage to be collected; this means residents can set out six bags instead of three.
