City of Ottawa has tips on what to do with your Christmas trees [Video]

The City of Ottawa has a few tips to help you get rid of your Christmas tree, while making sure you keep the spirit alive.

If your plan is to leave it for garbage pickup, you must remove all decorations first, then place it at the curb with the green bin no later than 7 a.m. on the scheduled collection day, the city says on its website.

“Trees will not be collected if they are wrapped in plastic bags, frozen in snowbanks or have decorations,” reads the website.

The trees will be taken to the Trail Road Waste Facility, where they will be used to cover the garbage at the landfill, or to the capital’s organics processing facility, where they will be composted or mulched, notes the city.

Are you thinking of giving the tree a second life? The city has few options for you:

• Leave it in your …