Holiday recycling in The Woodlands: What you need to know now and New Year's Day

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- If your recycling cart is full, take advantage of special holiday curbside recycling.

In each village, additional cardboard boxes, gift boxes and wrapping paper will be picked up for recycling on the regularly scheduled first solid waste service day following Dec. 26.

Guidelines

• On your first pickup day following December 25, extra wrapping paper and gift boxes are accepted curbside for recycling
• To recycle holiday paper and gift boxes, place in a paper bag or small box next to your recycling car
• The holiday recycling truck is a traditional rear-loading truck, reserved only for recyclables
• NO plastic bags or film (Recycle at local grocery stores)
• NO Styrofoam™ (Block Styrofoam™ recycles at Precinct 3 Recycling Facility; Packing peanuts recycle at local shipping stores)
• NO bubble wrap (Recycle at local grocery/shipping stores)
• NO ribbon or decorations

Failure to follow guidelines will result in items being left at the curb.

Recycling Green Christmas Trees

• Remove all decorations and lights from the tree
• Remove tree stands
• Place the tree at the curb on your regular service day
• Green trees will be picked up by the yard waste truck as part of your regularly scheduled services

Disposing Flocked Christmas Trees

• Schedule as bulk/heavy pick up by calling 1-800-800-5804 or e-mailing cssatex@wm.com
• Call at least two working days before your regular service day
• Flocked Christmas trees must be landfilled

New Year's Day

There will be no trash or recycling service on New Year's Day, Monday Jan. 1, 2018. Waste Management will resume pick-up on the day following the holiday. Trash and recycling pick-up for the observed holiday and all subsequent days of the week will be delayed by one day. For instance, Monday service will occur on Tuesday and Tuesday service will occur on Wednesday, etc. Households with Friday service will receive pick-up on Saturday.

The Woodlands Recycling Center on Research Forest Drive will be open every Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. regardless of holidays.