Minnesota DNR - Forestry Division D irect links to practical information on how to live with Minnesota's resources and wildlife. You can initiate and promote a wood chip giveaway program.
Municipalities often generate wood chips as a natural part of caring for trees.
Disposing and hauling these chips can be costly, time consuming, and contributes needlessly to our landfills. A wood chip giveaway program will beat the cost of disposal and can cut tree maintenance costs as much as fifty percent. As tree material is removed and chipped it is stockpiled in an area in the community that is accessible to the public. Your residents come and take the surplus woody material away. The chips are used for gardening, tree planting, and landscaping.