In the recycling industry, light stings are called “tanglers,” because they get wrapped around and tangled in the sorting equipment at recycling facilities. Therefore, they are not accepted in household recycling.
Holiday light strings and power cords are accepted for recycling in the scrap metal dumpsters at town transfer stations or at scrap metal recyclers WTE, In addition, a mail-in program is available at holidayleds.com.
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