Laila Rodriguez
Geneva, Switzerland – There are still three more weeks left to recycle your Christmas tree in the City of Geneva. If you still have not gotten rid of your Sapin de Noel the city is picking up the trees during regular garbage pickup days. Those days are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The tree collection will take place until 29 January.
Before clearing out your former Christmas friend, make sure to remove any decorations still attached. Trees should be deposited neatly at the garbage container for your residence, between 05:00 and 06:30 only.
Collected trees are then cut up and used in wood-fired boilers.
Remember that to get-rid of other large items you need to call the city to arrange (free) pick-up.
Call: 0800 22 42 22.
For more info on recycling and throwing out other large items read my previous blogs.
GenevaLunch, 11 January 2010.
Filed under: City/Canton services
Tags: christmas tree, City/Canton services, guide for expats in Switzerland, guide to Geneva, living in Geneva, Recycle, recycling in Geneva
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January 7th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Are the rules different in Bellevue?
January 18th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Dear Theresa,
I am sorry for the delay in responding (I am sure you have by now recycled your tree) but somehow the system didn’t alert me to your message before.
In Bellevue there is no tree recycling program, but they do pick them up as regular trash. When I spoke with a Bellevue city clerk he said tress get picked up as part of normal “ordures” or household trash.
Thanks for reading!
Laila