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Let’s Chip In depots to open Friday

The City of London says residents can also place their Christmas tree in their backyard if they have space and it will become a habitat for birds. File / Global News

WINNIPEG – Now that the holidays are wrapping up, the city wants Winnipeggers to start thinking about what to do with their Christmas trees.

Let’s Chip In depots open Friday and will run until Jan. 20. There are 11 dropoff locations throughout the city to recycle live Christmas trees. The city asks that all tinsel, decorations, plastic bags and tree stands be removed from trees being dropped off.

Free wood chips will be available at the depots; residents are asked to bring their own containers.

Trees left beside recycling or garbage carts will not be picked up by crews.

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Last Christmas season, more than 14,000 trees were recycled in Winnipeg.

Here’s a full list of the depots:

Charleswood Centre
24-hour access
3900 Grant Ave. (southwest corner of the Safeway parking lot along Haney Street, access off Haney Street)

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Fire Station No. 17
7 a.m.-10 p.m.
1501 Church Ave. at Sheppard Street

Kilcona Park
7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Lagimodiere Boulevard and McIvor Avenue (in the off-leash dog park parking lot)

Kildonan Park
7:00 a.m.-10 p.m.
2015 Main St. (Rainbow Stage parking lot)

King’s Park
8 a.m.-10 p.m.
198 King’s Dr. (south parking lot)

St. James Civic Centre
24-hour access
2055 Ness Ave. (northwest corner parking lot)

St. Vital Park
8 a.m.-10 p.m.
190 River Rd. (south parking lot)

Transcona
24-hour access
Chrislind Street at Ravelston Avenue

Vimy Arena
24-hour access
255 Hamilton Ave. at Vimy Road

Whittier Park
24-hour access
Northeast corner of Darveau Street and Tache Avenue (access from back lane)

Winnipeg Soccer Complex
24-hour access
900 Waverly St. at Victor Lewis Drive

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