For the Scrooges already eyeing Christmas trees with looks of distaste, Butler County published a guide Thursday on how to properly ditch the needle-heavy decor.

Sheryl Kelly, recycling and waste management coordinator for the county, reached out to municipalities regarding tree disposal programs being offered this year. She heard from four, but said that additional cities and townships might also take them.

In Evans City, the Seneca Landfill will take your tree through Jan. 31 for $5. It throws the trees on a compost pile, according to the landfill office. The drop-off is at 421 Hartmann Road.

Cranberry Township promises to give overeager fathers a chance to try out their new saws after the holiday. The township's residential curbside collection program will accept trees on the weeks of Jan. 7 and 14, but the trees have to be cut into four-foot pieces.

Those trees are also composted.

Stirling Landscaping Company will take trees for $3 until the end of February.

The company tosses the trees in a pile that is ground up into mulch throughout the year. The company is located at 840 Mercer Road.

Trees brought to Slippery Rock Community Park at 320 N. Main Street can be dropped off for free through Jan. 2.

Those trees, according to the Parks and Recreation office, are collected by a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources worker and used as fish habitats in various waterways.

Kelly offered a few additional tips on recycling the abundance of waste that families tend to generate around the holidays.

Most wrapping paper and Christmas cards can be recycled, but residents shouldn't drop any of the overly shiny, metallic looking paper in the green and yellow bins throughout the county.

Kelly said different recycling collectors in the county have different policies on cardboard. Some take it all, but others want only corrugated cardboard rather than thinner styles that are used in such items as cereal boxes.

“I urge people to call their haulers and know what they can and can't take,” Kelly said. “It keeps our landfills as open as we can. They only last so long. If we can recycle as much as we can, we can save that landfill space.”