Christmas Light Disposal

Instead cut it into pieces for disposal.

Christmas light disposal. Besides christmas lights bulbcycle also accepts fluorescent tubes cfls and ballasts as well as mercury devices e waste smoke detectors exit signs and more. Recycling association of minnesota s recycle your holidays. Types of christmas lights led christmas lights are one of the best options as they re more efficient and longer lasting. 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.

Click here to learn more. 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. 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 list of sites can be found here. Environmental leds is a michigan based company that offers a similar christmas lights recycling service to that of christmas lights source. Various stores will also run their own christmas light recycling programs. Recycling christmas lights is better than putting them in the trash but if the lights still work you can do better.

Recycle string and holiday lights can be recycled at year round drop off locations. Your old string christmas lights which are recyclable by the way can be donated to places like goodwill or mailed to holiday led and christmas light source for a coupon. 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.