Nothing signals the end of the holiday season quite like the striking of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. As part of NBC Universal's latest green efforts, the 76-foot Norway spruce was stripped of its lights this morning and prepped for hauling. But fear not; the woody perennial is not on its way to the junkyard, it is headed to a new home, literally. The massive trunk is going to be used by Habitat for Humanity to build a house for a family in Stamford, Conn. The family will appear tomorrow morning on The Today Show to accept the gift, and watch the tree be milled on live TV. If you want to keep your evergreen green, chip in and mulch your tree. The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation's Mulchfest 2010 calls for the delivery of unwanted Christmas trees to designated city locations. The mulch will go on to beautify and maintain the city's parks throughout the year.
And, for all the eco-conscious folks wondering what to do in the rest of the country, visit Earth911.com. The organization focuses on helping anyone, anywhere, reduce their impact on the environment, namely by helping make the practice of the three R's — reduce, reuse, recycle — easy and accessible. Unless they came and moved the tree for you, they couldn't make it any simpler. It's a no-brainer. Type in "Christmas tree" and your zip code, and voila! The answers to all your Christmas tree recycling dilemmas will be answered.
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