Christmas tree collection points on-post and off

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Look for these types of containers at tree drop-off locations. Photo by Ty Jones, courtesy to The Citizen.

Information provided by Directorate of Public Works

On-post

On-post residents may drop off used, real Christmas trees at the following locations through approx. January 22, 2024:

  • Patch Barracks: Adjacent Bldg. 2505 (Swabian Special Events Center)
  • Panzer Kaserne: Across from Bldg. 3111 in family housing area
  • Robinson Barracks: RB Commissary parking lot
  • Kelley Barracks: Adjacent Bldg. 3360 (follow Birchstrasse between CYS and Fitness Center to DPW yard)

Trees must be bare, with no tinsel or ornaments.

Artificial/plastic trees, and any real trees that have had spray paint or fake snow added, must go in residual waste containers and not in the collection containers for real trees.

Trees must not be placed in trash islands around installations, but rather ONLY in the officially designated drop-off points above.

Off-post

A public Christmas Tree collection point, marked with a sign reading “Sammelplatz,” in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. Photo by Bardia Khajenoori, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart.

Trees from off post are NOT permitted to be dropped in on-post containers. Your local municipality will have its own designated drop-off locations for real Christmas trees, and may also accept them at recycling centers.

Search online for “Weihnachtsbaum Sammelstelle [where you live]” if you cannot find a location near you through public signage. Plastic trees should be placed in residual waste.

Off-post collection generally begins January 7. Depending on the municipality and the specific site, collection may take place several times. However, do not leave a tree at a location which has been cleared and no longer has signage designating it as an active drop-off point; doing so can subject you to a fine.

Stuttgart

The city of Stuttgart operates 180 collection points throughout the city. Click here to view a full list (under the heading “Übersicht der Weihnachtsbaumsammelplätze).

The trees may be placed in these marked locations from until Jan. 8. After Jan. 8, they may only be placed in locations which are still marked and from which trees have not yet been collected.

Böblingen/Dagersheim

Click here to view a list of collection points in Böblingen and Dagersheim. Trees will be removed from the collection points on Jan. 13.