Holiday Lights Recycling

Recycle Holiday Lights

Getting rid of old and broken holiday lights? Don't throw them away- recycle them!

String lights and electrical cords cannot be placed in your residential recycling carts. They can cause damage at recycling processing facilities by tangling around the equipment. String lights and cords must be handled separately for recycling.

Drop off string lights and miscellaneous electrical cords to be recycled at any Saint Paul Public Library (SPPL) or at Saint Paul Regional Water Services (1900 Rice St) from November 27, 2023 to January 22, 2024.

✓	ACCEPTED ITEMS	X	NOT ACCEPTED
	Holiday Lights		Cord Adapters
	Electrical Cords		Batteries/Battery Packs
	Telephone Cords		Plastic Rope Lights
	Charging Cables		CFL Bulbs

Look for the Holiday Lights Recycling collection box at your local library and at the Saint Paul Regional Water Services office from November 27, 2023 to January 22, 2024.

Library Locations

SPPL Locations

Address Listing of All Collection Location (Nov. 27- Jan. 22)

LOCATION	ADDRESS
Arlington Hills Library	1200 Payne Ave.
George Latimer Central Library	90 W. 4th St.
Dayton's Bluff Library	645 E 7th St
Hayden Heights Library	1456 White Bear Ave.
Highland Park Library	1974 Ford Pkwy.
Merriam Park Library	1831 Marshall Ave.
Rice Street Library	1011 Rice St.
Riverview Library	1 East George St.
Rondo Library	461 North Dale St.
Saint Anthony Park Library	2245 Como Ave.
Saint Paul Regional Water Services	1900 Rice St.
Sun Ray Library	2105 Wilson Ave.
West 7th Library	265 Oneida St.

Year-round Drop-off Locations
- Dakota County Recycling Zone – 3365 Dodd Road, Eagan, MN 55121 (651) 905-4520
- NRI Metals Recycling – 15717 Forest Boulevard, Hugo, MN 55038 (651) 407-0092
- Repowered – 860 Vandalia St, St Paul, MN 55114 - 612-294-8680
- Ramsey County Household Hazardous Waste Facility – 5 Empire Drive, St. Paul, MN - (651) 633-3279
- Washington County Environmental Center – 4039 Cottage Grove Drive, Woodbury, MN (651) 430-6655

Additional Cardboard Recycling

During the holidays, gift boxes, large boxes, and shipping boxes pile up! This extra cardboard can be difficult to fit into your recycling cart and may draw unwanted attention to your home as a target for burglaries. See below for more information on how to recycle excess cardboard.

Seasonal Drop Off

December 4, 2023- January 2, 2024

Saint Paul Police Western Police District

In an effort to prevent burglaries and keep cardboard out of the trash, the Saint Paul Recycling Program has partnered with the Saint Paul Police Department and Eureka Recycling to collect cardboard from December 4, 2023 to January 2, 2024.

Flatten your extra cardboard and drop it off at the Saint Paul Police Western District (389 Hamline Ave. N). The collection dumpster is located in the visitor parking lot. The drop off is open 24/7.

Year-round Drop-off

Open Year-round

309 Como Ave

The Recycling Drop-off Center is open year-round. All cardboard must be flattened.

Recycling Drop-off Center

Set Extras Next to Recycling Carts

Extra cardboard may be placed next to your residential recycling cart. cardboard must be flattened and cut to a size that could fit in the cart.

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