Lafayette Reporter

Lafayette, LA – Residents are urged to recycle their Christmas lights instead of throwing them away. Lafayette Consolidated Government has set up a drop-off point at the Robicheaux Recreation Center where residents can dispose of their old lights in a large, blue dumpster.

This service will be available until the first week of January. LCG Environmental Quality Manager Bess Foret said this is the only method of recycling holiday lights and asks residents to not dispose of them in their residential garbage or recycling carts. “Light strands contain materials that cannot be disposed of in residential carts. Light and string components require a specific and different recycling facility.” By recycling holiday lights, residents are not only being environmentally friendly but also preventing these lights from taking years to decompose in a landfill.

Residents can drop off lights through the first week of January in the large, blue dumpster in the Robicheaux Recreation Center parking lot at 1919 Eraste Landry Road. 

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