St. Charles Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Sept. 28.
America in Bloom - St. Charles, Elgin Recycling, and the City of St. Charles have teamed up to offer a holiday lights recycling program to reduce the amount of lights that end up in landfills. Beginning November 1, 2018, St. Charles residents and businesses may drop off unwanted, working or non-working, holiday lights and electrical cords at convenient locations around St. Charles.
Drop-Off Locations:
Collection bins are inside the buildings listed below. Please deposit items in the designated bins only. If a facility is closed, do not leave items anywhere outside the building.
St. Charles Public Works
1405 S. 7th Avenue, St. Charles
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Deposit them inside the street-level lobby. There is no drop off when the gates are closed.
Pottawatomie Community Center
8 North Avenue, St. Charles
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday noon - 5 p.m.
Hickory Knolls Discover Center
3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles
Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday 4 - 8 p.m.
Sunday noon - 4 p.m.
St. Charles History Museum
215 E Main Street, St. Charles
Tuesday – Saturday
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Blue Goose Market
300 S. 2nd Street, St. Charles
Monday – Sunday
7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Heinz Brothers Greenhouse Garden Center
2010 E. Main Street, St. Charles
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Ace Hardware
2650 E. Main St, St. Charles
Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For more information, call City of St. Charles Public Works Department at 630-377-4405 or email alwaysrecycle@yahoo.com. Elgin Recycling is providing the bins and will donate any net proceeds from recycling the items to the America in Bloom - St. Charles effort.
Original source can be found here.
Source: St. Charles Chamber of Commerce
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