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Date(s) - 12/31/2024
All Day
Cost: FREE

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Don’t throw out your broken string lights this season and don’t put them in your recycle cart. Recycle them through the city’s special collection drive! Lights cannot go in curbside recycling carts or mixed recycling dumpsters. They get tangled in equipment, causing delays and damage at the Recycle Center.

String lights, extension cords, light sensors, power strips, timers, electric candles, other electronics and household batteries can be taken to the city’s Electronic Recycling Center year-round. Each winter, Lexington’s Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works partners with businesses in Fayette County to host a special collection drive, making it even more convenient for residents to dispose of these items properly. This is the seventh annual holiday lights drive. Nearly 2,000 pounds of lights and other small electronics were collected for recycling last year.

Collection dates: Nov. 19, 2024 – Jan. 12, 2025
Locations: Collection bins available during regular business hours

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• Dunbar Community Center: 545 N. Upper Street, Lexington, KY 40508
• Kenwick Community Center: 313 Owsley Avenue, Lexington, KY 40502
• Tates Creek Community Center: 3460 Campus Way, Lexington, KY 40517
• Fayette County Extension Office: 1140 Harry Sykes Way, Lexington, KY 40504
• Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Center: 200 E. Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507
• Lexington Senior Center: 195 Life Lane, Lexington, KY 40502
• Crank & Boom
  • Distillery District: 1210 Manchester Street, Lexington, KY 40504
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• Wild Birds Unlimited: 152 N. Locust Hill Drive, Lexington, KY 40509
• West Sixth: 501 W. Sixth Street, #100, Lexington, KY 40508

 

Lights and other electronics can be taken directly to the Electronics Recycling Center year-round. The center is located at 1306 Versailles Road. Visit lexingtonky.gov/eWaste for hours of operation.

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Event Website:https://www.lexingtonky.gov/winter-waste-tips

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