St. Augustine Holiday Waste Recycling Guide

Saint Augustine residents can responsibly dispose of holiday waste, including old Christmas lights, trees, cooking oils, and outdated electronics. Recycling these items conserves resources and prevents environmental harm.

Discarded Christmas lights contain recyclable materials like copper and plastic. For information and arrangements regarding holiday material disposal, residents can contact Solid Waste at 904-825-1049.

Christmas trees can be repurposed. Chipped branches serve as mulch to enrich gardens or create hiking trail paths. Brush piles formed from trees also offer food, nutrients, and shelter for wildlife during winter months.

Leftover fats, oils, and grease (FOG) from holiday meals pose a risk if poured down drains, potentially clogging pipes and causing sewage backups. Used cooking oil can be recycled into products like biodiesel fuel. Residents can collect used cooking oil in a sealed container and take it to the City of St. Augustine Wastewater Treatment Plant at 501 Riberia Street for recycling. For more information, residents can email the Wastewater Treatment Plant or call 904-825-1055.

Recycling outdated electronics recovers valuable materials for manufacturing new products. This process conserves energy, reduces pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and preserves natural resources by minimizing raw material extraction.