At some point, your holiday lights will need to come down. And if they won’t make it until next Christmas, you do have the option to recycle them.
Recycling your Christmas lights
Here’s information about recycling Christmas lights for a community near you.
Dakota County locations: Apple Valley, Eagan. Farmington, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Hastings
Hennepin County: Bloomington, Brooklyn Park
St. Paul: this guide also has information on recycling wreaths, trees, and wrapping paper
The Recycling Association of Minnesota has a guide of places collecting lights. Addresses are listed on their website. Communities include:
- Alexandria
- Andover
- Apple Valley (seasonal)
- Arden Hills (seasonal)
- Bloomington
- Brooklyn Park
- Brainerd
- Cannon Falls (seasonal)
- Chaska
- Coon Rapids
- Detroit Lakes
- Duluth
- Dundas
- Eagan
- Farmington (seasonal)
- Fergus Falls
- Fridley (seasonal)
- Glenwood (seasonal)
- Hastings (seasonal)
- Hopkins
- Jordan
- Lakeville (seasonal)
- Mankato (seasonal)
- Marshall
- Mendota Heights (seasonal)
- North Branch
- Osakis (seasonal)
- Owatonna
- Plymouth (seasonal)
- Rochester (seasonal)
- Rosemount (seasonal)
- Sleepy Eye (seasonal)
- South St. Paul (seasonal)
- St. Cloud
- St. Paul
- Waseca
- West St. Paul (seasonal)
- Woodbury
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