Recycle Your Christmas Tree
If you still happen to be in town from the holidays and have a Christmas tree that you don't know what to do with, Currituck County has the perfect solution. Use your Christmas tree to rebuild dunes damaged during the November nor'easter! Drop off your tree--free of decorations, of course--to a Currituck County recycling center (to the North of the Wright Memorial Bridge). If you're in or near Corolla, you can take your tree to the water plant in Corolla. According to an article by Jeff Hampton in the North Carolina section of today's The Virginian-Pilot newspaper: "Plans are to erect sand fencing about 10 feet from the base of the eroded dunes near public property and attach Christmas trees with biodegradable string. Sand blowing inland would catch in the trees and fencing and rebuild the dunes."
So don't toss your trees in the dumpster--use them to help rebuild our dunes and protect our homes!
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