Recycling Your Holidays!

Welcome to the season of holiday joy, packaging materials and dead batteries!

If you’ve ever wondered where to recycle these items, wonder no more.
RecycleChicken.com has launched in NW Michigan. The site, searchable by zip code, will tell you where you can take anything and everything for recycling and reuse in your area.

Let’s search for how to reduce our waste this holiday season. RecycleChicken has recycling/reuse locations for the following holiday items:

• Christmas lights: You can recycle those burnt out incandescent lights. LEDs are all the rage these days.
  
• Scotch tape dispensers: Yes, tape dispensers!
  
• Snack chip bags: Recycle your Frito Lay brand snack chip bags after the holiday bowl games.
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• Styrofoam: Even the molded stuff! Visit the site to find Bay Area Recycling for Charities and Kalkaska County recycling program.
  
• Packing materials: We’re talking foam chips, bubble wrap, etc!
  
• Christmas trees: Find listings for local collection programs. Often times the resulting chips are used on area recreation trails.
  
• Household batteries: Don’t throw them away. Find recycling locations close by.
  
• Small appliances: Did you get a new blender for Christmas? You can find a location to take the old one whether dead or alive.
  
• Cardboard: You know how this stacks up in the garage.
  
• Sports equipment: Miss the swaps? Take skiing, snowshoeing, skating, hockey equipment to a reuse location.
  
• Electronics & video games: ‘Tis the season to upgrade your electronic gear and try out the latest technology. Take your old techy toys to a local drop-off location.
  

Also, please remember your waste hauler when tipping or gifting this holiday season. Did you know that every year, waste handling is ranked among the Top 10 dirtiest and most dangerous jobs? We owe a bit of gratitude for these guys. We’d be in a real pile without them.

Happy Holidays from RecycleChicken!