ROCHELLE – It’s that time of year again when we start to decorate for the holiday season.  When you come across holiday light strands that refuse to work, have those light strands recycled instead of landfilling them.
The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department  is partnering with local fire departments and villages to again offer several convenient drop-off boxes so those nonfunctional holiday light strands can be recycled.
Drop-off boxes are available at the following fire departments: Rochelle, Byron, Stillman Valley, and Mount Morris. They will be located at the village halls in Polo, Forreston, and Davis Junction, and Creston. Light strands are also accepted at the Ogle County courthouse and at the OCSWMD office at 909 Pines Road in Oregon. Boxes will remain at these locations until Jan. 25, 2019.
 Accepted light strands include Italian mini-lights, traditional lights, LED lights, and other holiday light strands.  Extension cords are also accepted. Material not accepted include rope lights, wreaths, garland, metal stakes or silhouettes, live greens, plastic decorations, timers, and light packaging and boxes. Please place light strands into the boxes and do not place shopping or garbage bags into the boxes, doing so hinders the recycling process for this material.
 If you have any questions about this program, call the 815-732-4020 or visit www.oglecounty.org.