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Christmas tree recycling

New Hanover County, North Carolina, residents without residential trash and yard waste pickup from the City of Wilmington can participate in the annual Christmas tree recycling program. The collected trees are recycled into mulch and compost for use in county parks and gardens.

You will be able to drop off trees at:

• The Home Depot, 5511 Carolina Beach Road

• The Home Depot, 210 Eastwood Road

• New Hanover County Landfill, 5210 US Highway 421 North

The Town of Surf City is separately collecting live Christmas trees to help build up sand dunes. Those trees can be dropped off at 214 N New River Drive.

You can also recycle your Christmas trees for a good cause: SkyWatch bird rescue in Castle Hayne will use your tree to offer enrichment for a variety of their resident animals. Birds – big and small – enjoy roosting and foraging in a real tree, tortoises use them as scratching posts, and even pigs enjoy pulling trees into their pens to play with them. If your tree is still green with no brown or shedding, you can drop it off anytime at the rescue at 3600 Lynn Ave. Trees can be left by the rescue’s driveway gate or along the parking lot fence.

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Surf Forecast

TODAY AM: 1-3 ft - CHOPPY | PM: 2-4 ft - CHOPPY
FRI AM: 1-3 ft - FAIR | PM: 2+ ft - CHOPPY
SAT AM: 1-2 ft - FAIR | PM: 2-3+ ft - FAIR

provided by Swell Info

Weather Forecast

Today Mostly Cloudy | 61°/45° | 2% | WSW 11 mph
Fri 29 Sunny | 57°/38° | 6% | WSW 16 mph
Sat 30 Mostly Sunny | 52°/38° | 4% | W 15 mph

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Tide Forecast

THU DEC 28

• High Tide at 7:58 AM, 4.42 ft

• Low Tide at 2:30 PM, -0.06 ft

• High Tide at 8:18 PM, 3.31 ft

FRI DEC 29

• Low Tide at 2:14 AM, -0.27 ft

• High Tide at 8:41 AM, 4.23 ft

• Low Tide at 3:06 PM, 0.03 ft

• High Tide at 9:04 PM, 3.23 ft

SAT DEC 30

• Low Tide at 2:51 AM, -0.11 ft

• High Tide at 9:24 AM, 4.01 ft

• Low Tide at 3:41 PM, 0.12 ft

• High Tide at 9:51 PM, 3.16 ft

Provided by Marineweather.net