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
The Recycling Association of Minnesota has a great list of sites that collect Christmas lights year round and during the holiday and post-holiday season.
The list includes locations in
Alexandria
Andover
Apple Valley (seasonal)
Arden Hills (seasonal)
Bloomington
Brainerd
Brooklyn Park
Cannon Falls (seasonal)
Chaska
Coon Rapids
Detroit Lakes
Duluth
Dundas
Eagan
Farmington (seasonal)
Fergus Falls
Glenwood (seasonal)
Hastings (seasonal)
Hopkins
Jordan
Lakeville (seasonal)
Mankato (seasonal)
Marshall
Mendota Heights (seasonal)
North Branch
Osakis (seasonal)
Owatonna
Rochester (seasonal)
Rosemount (seasonal)
Saint Cloud
Saint Paul
Sleepy Eye (seasonal)
South Saint Paul (seasonal)
Waseca
West Saint Paul (seasonal)
Woodbury
Hennepin County will recycle holiday lights at drop-off locations in Bloomington and Brooklyn Park. There is no fee.
According to Hennepin County, you can put holiday and string lights in the garbage.
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