Recycle Christmas Trees at NOVEC in Gainesville

Wondering where to discard your live Christmas tree, now that the holidays are over?

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) is accepting cut Christmas trees, wreaths and other greens at its Gainesville office, located at 5399 Wellington Branch Drive, near the intersection of Route 29 and Interstate 66.

Customers can leave the greenery in the front parking lot in the area lined with orange cones until Jan. 11.

Greens must be free of all decorations, metal ornament hooks and light strings.

Tree crews will chop the greens into wood chips. NOVEC employees will deliver wood-chip mulch to interested customers for free when right-of-way crews are working in their neighborhoods.

Customers interested in free wood-chip mulch should complete the request form at novec.com under Customer Services. Click on, Products and Other Services and select, Wood-Chip Mulch.

“Protecting the environment is a high priority at NOVEC,” Jim Moxley, NOVEC senior vice president of administration, substations and telecommunications, said. “Accepting and recycling tree greens and delivering free mulch are just two ways we help our customers and the environment.”

For more information about obtaining mulch or recycling holiday greens, contact NOVEC’s right-of-way department at 703-335-0500 or 1-888-335-0500, extension 1633 or 1661, or via e-mail: novecrightofway@novec.com.

NOVEC, headquartered in Manassas, is a not-for-profit corporation that distributes electricity and energy services to more than 147,000 customers in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford and Clarke counties as well as the City of Manassas Park. It is one of the largest electric distribution cooperatives in the nation. Visit novec.com, or call 703-335-0500 or 1-888-335-0500 for more information.