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🎉 Start the New Year with a Recycling Road Trip to Alabama’s Gulf Shores
We know you really don’t need a reason to take a road trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama, but this one is for a good cause that’ll keep you coming back for more

By Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey’s

January 2, 2023
Enviro, Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture via Gulf State Park-Alabama Facebook page

Since Papa NoĂŤl has already paid the Gulf states a visit, how about helping out Mother Nature this new year?

How?

Start by planning a road trip to support two concurrent recycling efforts at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama. 

Old Christmas Tree, Old Christmas Tree

Like most people, you probably start taking down your Christmas decorations sometime between New Year’s Day and 12th Night (January 6). However, if you used a live Christmas tree this year, don’t just chuck it out next to the street. Instead, take that tannenbaum on a road trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama.

For nearly 40 years, the folks at Gulf State Park have been turning old Christmas trees into new sand dunes. Volunteers take donated live trees and place them in groups of three forming a U-shape along the dune’s edges. Over time, the trees catch the sand that’s being blown by the wind and th