Christmas Light Disposal

Recycling christmas lights is better than putting them in the trash but if the lights still work you can do better.

Christmas light disposal.

Recycle string and holiday lights can be recycled at year round drop off locations. Recycling association of minnesota s recycle your holidays. You can first check with your state s requirements on how to dispose of your old christmas lights. Various stores will also run their own christmas light recycling programs.

Besides christmas lights bulbcycle also accepts fluorescent tubes cfls and ballasts as well as mercury devices e waste smoke detectors exit signs and more. Click here to learn more. If you can t find a place to recycle there is a charity called the christmas light recycling program that takes old lights including broken ones recycles them and uses the money to buy books. Otherwise a nearby home improvement center like home depot lowe s ace and true value offer christmas light recycling.

Instead cut it into pieces for disposal. Christmas light source will take your lights for free give you a coupon for 10 off purchases on its website and if that isn t enough to put you in the holiday spirit it sends all the proceeds from recycling christmas lights to the dallas fort worth chapter of toys for tots. A flocked christmas tree one that s covered with a white powdery mixture made to look like snow on the branches isn t recyclable nor can it be turned into mulch. A list of sites can be found here.

Typically a bin will be set up in the parking lot of a supermarket or a shopping center for residents to drop off their old lights. Christmas light source is a dallas based company that offers year round christmas lights recycling and even puts all recycling proceeds toward an annual toys for tots donation. Communities will often set up a christmas light recycling program at the end of the year to help people recycle their old lights.