When the company has gone home and the presents have been opened, wait before you chuck your Christmas tree to the curb.
Undecorated trees will be accepted for recycling from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 2 at the Capitol Market in Charleston.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will take the donated Christmas trees and repurpose them as fish habitat in lakes and rivers.
Any size tree will be accepted, provided that it is a real tree. All lights, ornaments and tinsel must be removed before the tree is donated.
This year donated trees will be used for fish habitat in Stonecoal Lake, Burnsville Lake, Big Ditch Lake and Tygart Lake.
Those who donate trees can sign up to win one of several prizes. One prize packet is two all-day lift tickets, ski rental and a ski lesson at Winterplace Ski Resort. Other prizes include three one-night stays at Chief Logan State Park and a $25 gift certificate to Capitol Market.