<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">LARGO, MD – The Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources’ (DER) Waste Management Division is encouraging all County residents to go green this holiday season by recycling their live Christmas trees instead of throwing it in the trash.  December 28, 2015 through January 29, 2016, all County residents will have the opportunity to recycle their undecorated Christmas trees, free of charge, through their yard waste collection or at one of two designated drop-off locations.  Once collected, the trees will be shredded and cured to produce mulch for DER’s annual spring Mulch Giveaway.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">To participate, residents with County-provided yard waste collection should place their live Christmas trees at the curb before 6:30 a.m. on their regularly scheduled yard waste collection day.  Trees must be free of all lights, ornaments and tinsel, and must be removed from plastics bags before placing at the curb for collection.  </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Residents may also bring their tree, free of charge, to the Prince George’s County Yard Waste Composting Facility located at 6601 Southeast Crain Highway in Upper Marlboro, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or to the Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center located at 3501 Brown Station Road in Upper Marlboro, Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.   </div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">-Sarah</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="410" style="font-size:13.6px;width:5.7in;border-collapse:collapse;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><tbody><tr style="height:26.5pt"><td width="96" style="width:95.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:26.5pt"><p><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_WsXUJf7Td7clpWbmhXemRkRVk&revid=0B_WsXUJf7Td7bU5DYW9aaDBWaTJWdGI0bUx6SnFYeFFxRG1RPQ"><br></p></td><td width="315" style="width:314.85pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:26.5pt"><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(69,129,142)">Sarah Wayland, Ph.D. | <a href="http://www.guidingexceptionalparents.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.GuidingExceptionalParents.com</span></a><br>Supporting students with learning differences & their families</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size:13.6px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(69,129,142)">Raising a Challenging Child?</span></b><i style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(69,129,142)"> </span></i><br></p><p style="font-size:13.6px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p style="font-size:13.6px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(103,78,167)"><a href="http://raisingyourchallengingchild.com/2016Winter-RiverdalePark-Foundations.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Foundations in Parenting</span></a>: Thursday evenings starting January 14th in Riverdale Park</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(103,78,167)"><a href="http://raisingyourchallengingchild.com/2016Spring-DC-OxygenMask.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">First Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask</span></a>: Tuesday evenings starting April 26th in Washington DC</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial">    </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>