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Your dear old Christmas tree wants to go back to the good green earth it came from. Come, compost! Come, energy! So get on it, before Valentine's Day smooches in to mock you and your tree. You can drop your tree off for recycling at one of the places listed below, or call for curbside pickup. Mind the deadlines!

ARCATA
Mad River Compost, 6360 West End Road, Arcata, through Jan. 30 (free)
Eel River Resource Recovery, 555 Vance Ave., Samoa, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.–Fri., until Jan. 15 (free)
Arcata High School students will pick your tree up curbside through Jan. 18 ($10). Call 822-8325.

BLUE LAKE
Prasch Hall, near the baseball fields, for Blue Lake Garbage to pick up, through Jan. 18 (free)
Arcata High School students will pick your tree up curbside through Jan. 18 ($15). Call 822-8325.

EUREKA
Humboldt Waste Management Authority Transfer Station, 1059 W. Hawthorne St., through Jan. 12 (free); no commercial trees.
Curbside pickup by Recology, Jan. 2 and Jan. 9 ($5). Call 44205711 for appointment.

FERNDALE
City’s Barn, Francis Street, through Jan. 9 (free).
Eel River Disposal Transfer Station, 965 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, through Jan. 15 (free)
Eel River Disposal curbside pick-up ($12 per tree). Call 725-5156.

FORTUNA
Eel River Disposal Transfer Station, 965 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, through Jan. 15 (free)
Eel River Disposal curbside pick-up ($12 per tree). Call 725-5156.

MCKINLEYVILLE
Humboldt Sanitation Transfer Station, 2585 Central Ave., through Jan. 18 (free)
Arcata High School students will pick your tree up curbside through Jan. 18 ($15). Call 822-8325.

RIO DELL
Eel River Disposal Transfer Station, 965 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, through Jan. 15 (free)
Eel River Disposal curbside pick-up ($12 per tree). Call 725-5156.

TRINIDAD
Behind Murphy’s Market through Jan. 30 (free)