Holiday Treecycling Service

Release Date: 2025-12-01

The Department of Energy and Environmental Services will offer Holiday Treecycling, providing Long Beach residents a convenient and responsible way to drop-off live holiday trees for recycling at no cost.

Residents are asked to:

• Remove decorations
• Take the tree out of the stand
• Cut tree in half if they are over 12 feet tall
• Leave trees unwrapped

Nearly 155 tons of holiday trees were recycled into landscaping mulch by the City last year instead of being sent to landfills. An added benefit of the drop-off locations is the reduction of potential fire hazards and obstructions in the public right-of-way as a result of illegally dumped trees.

Residents are strongly encouraged to drop-off live trees at the citywide locations to reduce the strain on refuse collection services following the holiday season. However, there will be a special collection for those unable to visit a drop-off location. See below for more information.

Flocked trees are accepted.

Drop-off sites are available at 13 locations throughout the city,  see below for a list of exact locations.

View the PDF of the flyer.
A flyer is available in Spanish, Khmer, and Tagalog. 

Drop-Off Collection Dates:

Dec. 26, 2025 – Jan. 9, 2026
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday-Sunday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

LOCATION	CROSS STREETS	ZIP
Houghton Park	Myrtle Ave. at Harding St.	90805
Scherer Park	49th St. at Del Amo Blvd.	90807
Wardlow Park	Monlaco Rd. at Rutgers Ave.	90808
Veterans Park	28th St. at Pine Ave.	90806
El Dorado Park	2760 N. Studebaker Rd. South parking lot, behind administration building	90815
Hudson Park	Hill St. at Webster Ave.	90810
Public Works Environmental Services Office	2929 E. Willow St.	90806
Stearns Park	23rd St at Roycroft Ave.	90815
Orizaba Park	Orizaba Ave. at 14th St.	90804
Cesar E. Chavez Park	Golden Shore St. at 4th St.	90802
Bixby Park	1st St. at Cherry Ave.	90802
Whaley Park (North)	Chatwin Ave. at Los Santos Dr.	90815
Will Rogers Mini Park	E. Paoli Way at 3rd St.	90803