With the holiday season just behind us, it's about time to take down those decorations.

And the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, or WLSSD is making it easier to get rid of your fresh cut Christmas trees.

"This just makes it really easy for folks to do the right thing with their trees you know it's against the law to put landscape materials into the landfill so it's not the kind of thing you can necessarily just stick out and throw away in the garbage, so you need to recycle," said Susie Darley-Hill, Environmental Program coordiner for WLSSD.

WLSSD collected trees at four locations around Duluth today.
The holiday shrubbery will be re- used as fuel and will save land- fill space.

Those that couldn't make it to the one day event can drop off trees at the WLSSD Yard Waste Compost Site until the end of the month.

Don't forget to remove all ornaments and tree stands.

Wreaths, garland and other decorations made from evergreen branches are not recyclable and should be thrown in the trash.

There are several other drop- off sites accepting trees throughout the month.

In addition, Veit/Demolition Landfill Services (Gary), SAPPI Fine Paper (Cloquet) and the Moose Lake Compost Site are accepting trees through January 10. Waste Management Recycle America (Superior) and Demo-licious (West Duluth) will be accepting trees through January 31. Trees can also be brought to the WLSSD Materials Recovery Center (at the location of the old Rice Lake Landfill). The Materials Recovery Center is open Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm and Sunday from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Volunteers at the event will also be accepting donations of non-perishable food items on January 5th to help the local food shelves and to keep the spirit of the season alive by helping others in need.