Before you can truly make a new start in a new year, you probably have some old business to tend to, like disposing of your Christmas tree. If hauling your Christmas tree out to the trash is part of your New Years Day ritual, make recycling your tree your first New Years resolution for 2008. Recycled Christmas trees end up doing a lot of good in 5 major categories: chipping (chippings are used for various things from mulch to hiking trails), beachfront erosion prevention, lake and river shoreline stabilization, fish habitat and river delta sedimentation management. Why throw your tree in the trash when it has so much potential? The best part? It’s easy! Use your favorite search engine to check out Christmas Treecycling in your area, or check out Earth911 for a recycling center near you.

Photo by Malene Thyssen.