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Composting means Calgarians can have a green Christmas

Even though theres plenty of snow on the ground, the city's waste and recycling department is hoping Calgarians have a green Christmas.

It's the first year the city's composting program is in place for the holidays

Christmas trees can be cut up and placed in a green cart after Dec. 26, or dropped off at one of several locations around Calgary. (Left photo: CBC. Right photo: iStockPhoto)

Even though there's plenty of snow on the ground, the city's waste and recycling department is hoping Calgarians have a green Christmas.

Lots of presents and lots of food can mean lots of waste but not all of it has to end up in the city landfill.

This is the first year the city's composting program will bein place for the holidaysand a lot of the waste can be diverted there, says Phillippa Wagner, with the waste and recycling services department.

For those who've opted to go the traditional route and put up a real Christmas tree it can be composted.

"Make sure you remove any decorations and lights," Wagnersaid. "Then you would cut up the tree into pieces and place it into your green cart."

Christmas trees can also be dropped off for free at one of Calgary's three landfillsor a number oflocations between Dec. 26 and Jan. 31, 2018, including:

Composting through the green cart is also the best option for food waste from holiday meals.

Conor Tapp with Green Calgary says there are compostable options for wrapping paper for those who want to reduce waste. (Sarah Lawrynuik/CBC)

The blue cart is the place for paper wrapping, paper bags and cardboard, saidConor Tapp with Green Calgary.

There's also options for wrapping paper that can be composted.

"You can buy craft paper at a craft shop or a hardware store that's compostable," said Tapp.

"Or you can buy just the plain paper that the kids can draw on and that way you can recycle it and not create as much waste."

Anyone with questions about where certain items of waste belong, can visit the city's What Goes Where website.

With files from Sarah Lawrynuik