Recycle Christmas trees and greens at NOVEC’s Gainesville Center

December 08, 2022

Contact: NOVEC Public Relations, 1-888-335-0500, communications@novec.com

NOVEC workers turn post-holiday Christmas trees into mulch to help reduce landfill waste. NOVEC photo.
 

MANASSAS, Va. – Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative will accept post-holiday cut Christmas trees and greens at its Gainesville technical center at 5399 Wellington Branch Road, near I-66 and Route 29, from Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 9, 2023. Consumers should leave greens in the parking lot area designated by orange safety cones.

All greens must be free of all decorations, ornament hooks, wires, and light strings.

NOVEC’s Vegetation Management employees will turn the greens into mulch to reduce landfill holiday waste.

“Recycling holiday greens is just another way we help area residents and the environment,” says Rick Carpenter, NOVEC Vegetation Management manager.

For more information about recycling holiday greens, contact NOVEC’s Vegetation Management department at 703-335-0500 or 1-888-335-0500, or VegetationMgmt@novec.com.

About NOVEC

NOVEC, headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, is a not-for-profit corporation that provides electricity and energy services to more than 178,000 metered customers in Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, and Clarke counties, the City of Manassas Park, and the Town of Clifton. The utility serves more customers than any electric co-op in Virginia and is one of the largest electric cooperatives in the United States. For more information, visit www.novec.com or call 703-335-0500 .

NOVEC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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