The 2019-2020 Christmas Tree Recycling Program recently wrapped up and was successful despite some weather difficulties.
Even though the winter has been very mild, timely winter storms hampered the local high school FFA collections as the safety of the students took priority.
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Dear Editor,
The 2019-2020 Christmas Tree Recycling Program recently wrapped up and was successful despite some weather difficulties.
Even though the winter has been very mild, timely winter storms hampered the local high school FFA collections as the safety of the students took priority. There were approximately 500 trees that were chipped in Ogle County this year, which is about 13 tons of waste diverted from the landfill. Approximately 15,400 trees have been recycled since the beginning of the program in the winter of 1998-99, which is about 386 tons of trees that have been kept out of the landfill.