The DeKalb County Health Department has partnered with Elgin Recycling for the 2nd Annual Holiday Lights Recycling Program. Last year, the Holiday Lights program collected 2,200 pounds of Christmas lights and related materials. The recycling program will run from November 19, 2012 until January 14, 2013. Lights that will be accepted for this program are: mini-lights (or Italian lights), C7 lights, C9 lights, rope lights, LED lights, extension cords, etc.
Year after year residents find themselves testing bulbs and replacing fuses. When that doesn’t work the lights often end up in the garbage. With this program, DeKalb County can now divert all holiday lights that would normally end up in a landfill, as recycled goods. One strand of lights may seem as though it doesn’t help, but even these small contributions help reduce waste going into the landfill.
For more information about The Holiday Lights Recycling Program please call Christel Springmire, Solid Waste/ Recycling Coordinator at 815-758-6673. You can also track holiday lights recycling progress at www.elginrecycling.com. Look for “Holiday Lights Recycling Program” in the Featured News section.
Residents can drop off their old holiday lights at anyone of the following drop off locations during normal operating hours:
DeKalb County Health Department
2550 N. Annie Glidden Rd.
DeKalb
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
1350 West Prairie Drive
Sycamore
DeKalb Park District Sports & Rec Center
1765 S. Fourth St.
DeKalb
City of Genoa
333 E. First St.
Genoa
Sycamore Centre
308 W. State St.
Sycamore
Screwballs T-Shirts and Signs
125 E. Lincoln Hwy.
Waterman
City of Sandwich
144 E Railroad
Sandwich
City of DeKalb Municipal Building
200 S. Fourth St.
DeKalb
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