Post-holiday recycling – trees and lights

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On this first post-holiday weekend, you might be taking down the tree, lights, etc. So here’s one more reminder about recycling:

TREES: If you have curbside pickup, you can put yours out in 4-foot-max sections, through month’s end. Or, take your tree – up to three per vehicle – to the not-far South Transfer Station. (Here’s the original announcement.)

LIGHTS: You have dropoff or even mail-in options if you have lights, working or not, that you want to recycle – King County’s website has an updated-for-this-season list.

valvashon January 7, 2023 (9:16 am)

If you like the LED’s, great but if you have some favorite strands of incandescent lights and want to keep them going, I have found mini lamps in bulk at 612vermont.com. They have clear ones in various voltages; if you search around on the internet you can find places that have frosted lamps and lamps in various colors, all in bulk.You do you but we prefer to re-use and re-lamping a string of lights isn’t that difficult.

CB January 7, 2023 (3:19 pm)

McLendon’s in White Center is not taking lights this year. I was just there today and they said no.

WSB January 7, 2023 (4:21 pm)

Sorry to hear that! The county page says the list was updated this season.

MM January 7, 2023 (4:36 pm)

Ridwell is also offering Xmas light collection as their rotating category at the end of the month. A great extra reason to sign up for this great service in addition to all of the other things they normally recycle (plastic film, batteries, light bulbs, threads, etc).

Patience January 8, 2023 (8:30 am)

We subscribe to Ridwell and love the convenience.Please note, while Ridwell DOES accept many plastic film products, there are a few items that some folks mistakenly include in their Ridwell box that Ridwell DOES NOT accept. **Visit the Ridwell site to see the list of items they DO NOT accept. I have attached 2 examples of what Ridwell DOES NOT accept:

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