Old Christmas Trees Help Other Trees Grow Year-Round in Paris' Neighborhood Parks

Sign at a tree-recycling collection point in Paris. 

Image: City of Paris

Once all the gifts have been opened, all the feasting done, all the toasts made, the time will soon come to figure out what the heck to do with the Christmas tree around which so many of the holiday festivities have been held. Plenty of cities now have mulching and recycling programs, but it's not everywhere you can readily go and visit new trees whose growth has been made possible by the death of the old one. In Paris, you can.

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