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Chip Your Christmas Tree, Don’t Chuck It!
December 18, 2016 - 4:29 PM

When you take down your Christmas tree after the holidays, keep in mind you can dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way and have it chipped, not chucked.

“You can give your tree another life after the holidays by dropping it off at any one of the convenient Chip It locations,” says Waste Reduction Facilitator Rae Stewart with the Regional District. Your tree will then be chipped down and composted into a nutrient rich soil enhancer called GlenGrow.
Inspection stats show stronger mussel defence needed, says Okanagan Water Board
June 12, 2016 - 12:30 PM

KELOWNA - Provincial mussel inspection stations only opened April 1, but already the stats show the need for a stronger program says the Okanagan Basin Water Board.
Chip your Christmas tree, don’t chuck it
December 26, 2015 - 8:30 AM

When you take down your Christmas tree after the holidays, keep in mind you can dispose of it in an environmentally friendly way.
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Chip Your Christmas Tree, Don’t Chuck It!