City of Lexington asking residents to dispose of Christmas lights, other electronics properly
The City of Lexington is asking residents to dispose of non-working Christmas lights and other electronic devices at one of 11 sites around town – or the city’s E-waste center on Versailles Road. Angela Poe is the senior program manager for Environmental Quality and Public Works.
“This is prime time for discovering that you have old string lights that don't work anymore. So that's the primary thing we get. But charger, extension cords, household batteries, any of those smaller electronic items.”
Poe said the city contracts with a company that accepts electronic waste and deconstructs them, salvaging the parts that can be saved. She said they should never be put in recycling bins.
“They're like, hey, the city recycles electronics, I'm going to put this in my blue cart, or in one of the mixed recycling dumpsters, that becomes very problematic.”
Poe said lights, batteries and electronic devices are fire hazards. Lexington Environmental Quality and Public Works is a financial supporter of WEKU.
Disposal sites
Crank & Boom Clays Mill, 3101 Clays Mill Rd. Suite 301
Crank & Boom Distillery District, 1210 Manchester St.
Dunbar Community Center, 545 N. Upper St.
Good Foods Co-op, 455 Southland Dr.
John's Run/Walk Shop, 317 S. Ashland Ave.
John's Run/Walk Shop, 3735 Palomar Centre Dr.
Lexington Senior Center, 195 Life Lane
Pemberton's Greenhouses, 555 Keller Ct.
Tates Creek Community Center, 3460 Campus Way
West Sixth Brewing, 501 W. Sixth St.
Wild Birds Unlimited, 152 N. Locust Hill Dr.
E-waste Center, 1306 Versailles Road
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