Suburbs offer holiday lights recycling
Suburban residents who find themselves with unusable strings of broken lights as they start decorating for the holiday season can recycle them.
Several suburbs are partnering with Elgin Recycling to collect old lights and keep them out of landfills. Residents can recycle strands of incandescent, LED lights, and extension cords. They can be in any condition.
Elgin Recycling will collect the lights and recycle the copper and plastic parts.
There's no limit to the number of lights that can be recycled by any one person or business.
Participants include: Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Gilberts, Glen Ellyn (village and park district), Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Itasca, Lisle, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Naperville (city and part district), Park Ridge, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood, Warrenville, West Chicago, Wheaton and Wheeling.
For more information, see http://www.elginrecycling.com/news/article.aspx?newsid=8.
The Daily Herald Holiday Lights Contest
Enter the Daily Herald Holiday Lights contest for a chance to win an $800 snowblower. You can submit photos of your home until midnight Dec. 11. You can vote on the entries through midnight Dec. 18. The winner will receive an $800 snowblower and be featured in a Daily Herald article. For more info, see <a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/contests/holidaylights/">dailyherald.com/contests/holidaylights/</a>