If you’re not one for extending the Christmas season by leaving your tree up, there are several options in Washington County for getting rid of it.

In Woodbury, people can drop off their trees at Composting Concepts, but it’s only open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 7 and Jan. 14. The cost is $6 per tree; $5 per wreath. For more information call 651-436-1213.

Here are other options for tree drop off:

Bayport: River City Services, 201 Second Ave. S., open to all residents. Open year-round from 1-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $5 per tree. For more information, call River City Services at 651-430-2809. 

Cottage Grove: Rumpca Companies, Inc., 9600 Glendenning Road, open to all residents. Open Jan. 7-8 and Jan. 14-15 Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $1 per tree. The $1 fee will be waived if a canned good is brought in for donation to the local food shelf. For more information, call Rumpca Companies at 651-459-1556.

Oakdale: Oakdale Public Works, 1900 Hadley Ave. N., open to Oakdale residents only. Open 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (Dec. 26 to Jan. 31). Cost is $3 per tree. For more information, call Oakdale Public Works at 651-730-2740.

Stillwater: Buberl Recycling and Compost, 5750 Memorial Ave. N., open to all county residents. Open year-round, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Cost is $2 per tree. For more information, call Buberl Recycling and Compost at 651-439-8399.

Last January, Patch asked the folks at Composting Concepts what happens to the trees after they’re dropped off.

The company is normally open from April 1 until the day before Thanksgiving, but for two Saturdays each January it opens its doors for Woodbury residents dropping off their Christmas trees.

Manager Teresa Skinner told Patch that the trees are pushed into a brush pile that is dried out, chipped up and eventually sold as woodchips.

While Skinner said that some people have their garbage service pick up their tree, some let it slide until spring. The latest a tree has ever come in?

“Probably August,” she said.