Lafayette Offers Easy Christmas Light Recycling for Residents

Lafayette, Louisiana's Consolidated Government, will offer a special Christmas light recycling program again this year. It never seems to fail that at least one or more lights will go out on a strand of Christmas lights, and most of us would walk straight over to our trash cans and dump it right in there.

Did You Know You Should Not Throw Old Christmas Lights In Your Regular Garbage?

Most of us don't think about this, but the components that make up Christmas lights actually have to be processed in a special way, so that is the reason Lafayette Consolidated Government is offering a recycling program.

Where Is The Recycling Bin?

There is a designated area over at Robicheaux Recreation Center where you can put your used or broken lights so that they can be recycled appropriately. You'll see a large blue dumpster set aside just for this purpose.

When Can I Take My Old/Not Wanted Lights To The Dumpster?

You can take any broken, old, or unwanted lights to the dumpster between now and Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

Where Is Robicheaux Recreation Center?

You'll find the big blue dumpster on the grounds at Robicheaux Recreation Center at 1919 Eraste Landry Road, Lafayette.

What Can I Put In The Blue Dumpster?

One of the big points about this recycling project is that it is only for strands of lights. You must make sure you don't put the following in the dumpster:

• No packaging from the lights is allowed
• No plastic from the boxes the lights came in is allowed
• No styrofoam packing from the lights is allowed

LCG Environmental Quality Manager Bess Foret says,

If you want to recycle Christmas lights, remember, light strands are made with material and components that require specialized recycling facilities, and the light do not belong in the green curbside cart. By recycling holiday lights, residents help better manage resources and prevent these light from spending years decomposing in a landfill.