Mona Anderson
Keep North Platte and Lincoln County Beautiful (KNPLCB) is providing drop off locations to recycle your holiday lights through the season. The recycling program will begin immediately and run through January 9th. Drop off locations include North Platte Catholic Schools, North Platte Police Station, RSVP Office and the MUG in Sutherland. Lights can be working or non working. Extension cords and Insulated wire are also accepted. Items not accepted include boxes, brown paper sacks, ornaments, plastic bags, or artificial trees.
Once collected, the lights will be transported to a recycling facility in Omaha. All strands of lights can be recycled. Most Christmas lights contain plastic, glass and copper. At the facility, recycled lights will be crushed up — making it possible for the individual materials to be reused.
There are valid environmental concerns to consider when it comes to disposing of holiday lights. Beyond likely ending up in a landfill, throwing away light strings that contain compact fluorescent lightbulbs, or CFLs, can release mercury into the environment if the bulbs break.
We encourage you to forgo the trash can and drop your lights off at any of these locations:
*North Platte Police Station #1
715 North Jeffers St (lobby)
*RSVP Office
901 East 10th St (outside front door)
*North Platte Catholic School
1002 East E Street (lobby)
*Allsorts and MUG Coffee Shop – Sutherland
820 1st Street (inside shop)