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Feeling chipper? Here’s where you can recycle your Christmas tree in the new year

Various chip-up fundraising events on the North Shore
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Xmas tree sale
Drew Johnston, Thea Mazur, Simon Nebel, Finn Merrett, Isaak Nebel and Elias Nebel are just some of the young Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, part of the 11th Seymour District Scout Group, on hand for a Christmas tree fundraising sale in 2019.Ben Bengtson, North Shore News

This story has been amended since first posting to remove the chip-up at Ray Perrault Park. According to the Scouts, no chipping company was available to assist.

The presents have been opened, the turkey has been consumed, and family time was Zoomed.

With Christmas Day done with and the new year looming, it’s time to enjoy the final days of your bright, gleaming, impressive tree before considering chipping it for charity at one of many North Shore locations.

This year, with physical distancing top of mind, some places are even offering to pick up your tree for you – though that’ll likely cost a little extra.

Here’s our running list of the places where you’ll be able to give your Christmas tree a proper send off after New Year’s Day:

  • Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club Chip-up: The Lions Club in West Vancouver is hostings its chip-up at the parking lot at Ambleside Park on Jan. 1-3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
     
  • Tree Chip Up: You can bring your tree for recycling at a by-donation event which will take place Jan. 2-3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the parking lot at District of North Vancouver municipal hall (355 West Queens Rd.). Funds raised will support Upper Lonsdale Preschool. A home pickup service ($30 minimum donation) is also set up for those days from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Click here to sign up for home pickup before Dec. 31.
     
  • Chip-Up and Bottle Drive: The 11th Seymour District Scout Group are hosting their annual Chip-Up and Bottle Drive on Jan. 9-10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Head over to the parking lot at Dollarton Village (489 North Dollarton Highway) to recycle your tree by-donation.
     
  • Scout Christmas Tree Chip-Up: Donations are gratefully accepted at these North Shore Scouts tree chip-ups on Jan. 2-3. In West Vancouver: visit the tree lot at Taylor Way and Clyde Avenue between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., or go to Hollyburn Plaza at Marine Drive and 18th Street between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the chip-up. 
     
  • Xmas Tree Chip-Up and Bottle Drive Fundraiser: Carson Graham Secondary's girls rugby team is hosting a by-donation chip-up at the school (2145 Jones Ave., North Vancouver) on Jan. 2-3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
     
  • Christmas Tree Chip + Bottle Drive: A chip-up fundraising event for the graduating Grade 7 class at Montroyal Elementary is scheduled for Jan. 9 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 5310 Sonora Dr. in North Vancouver. 

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