Holiday lights recycling in Naperville

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The Naperville Park District eighth annual holiday lights recycling program, in partnership with Elgin Recycling, will continue through February 1, 2019.

Residents and businesses are invited to bring their old, non-working lights to any of the following locations:

• Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Avenue. Hours of operation are: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m..

• Fort Hill Activity Center, 20 Fort Hill Drive. Hours of operation are: Monday-Friday, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m..

• Knoch Knolls Nature Center, 320 Knoch Knolls Road. Hours of operation through November are: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. December, and January and February 2019 hours are the same except the Center will be closed on Sundays.

• Springbrook Golf Course Golf Shop, 2220 W. 83rd Street.

In 2017, Naperville Park District joined with 49 villages, four other park districts, seven businesses, five libraries, two churches, and one high school to help Elgin Recycling collect 98,056 pounds of holiday lights.

The following types of lights will be accepted: Mini-lights, C-7 lights, C-9 lights, Rope lights, LED lights and extension cords.
—Naperville Park District

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