Recycling:

Recycle your Holiday Tree

After the holidays, it's time to treecycle your fresh holiday tree!  If you still have your tree, four sites will remain available all the way through January 31.

Demo-licious 306 S Central Avenue, Duluth	WLSSD Materials Recovery Center 4587 Ridgeview Road, Duluth
VEIT/Demolition Landfill Services 1100 W Gary Street, Duluth	WLSSD Yard Waste Compost Site 2626 Courtland Street, Duluth

Treecycling locations accept trees only. Wreaths, garlands, tree stands and other holiday decorations are not accepted and should be placed directly in the trash.

Treecycled trees are used for a variety of purposes after they've finished their stint as holiday showpieces. Many are reused in a January fundraising effort in Carlton County and others are chipped for use as trail bedding or tree and shrub mulch. The majority are chipped for use as fuel at local industries. All of these options ensure the trees are beneficially re-used.

Recycle your old holiday light strings and any electrical cords that no longer work—FREE.  You can bring them to the WLSSD Materials Recovery Center all year long.  Bring them to Denny's Ace Hardware during the holiday season also.  Check the stores you frequent to find out if any of them have their own collection program.

Need new lights.  Consider LEDs; they're still more costly up front than traditional light strings but will pay for themselves with greatly reduced energy use!

Recycle your plastic bags at area stores.  "It's in the Bag" containers are located at Super One Foods stores in Cloquet, Duluth, Two Harbors and Superior and at the Whole Foods Coop in downtown Duluth.  The WLSSD Materials Recovery Center also accepts plastic bags for recycling.  All bags must be clean and dry.

These are just some common acceptable materials:

• Grocery bags	• Bread bags WITHOUT food residue
• Newspaper bags	• Frozen food bags WITHOUT food residue
• Dry-cleaning bags	• Plastic wrap from paper products (paper towels, etc.)
• Produce bags WITHOUT food residue	• Salt bags with rigid plastic handles removed
• Cereal bags WITHOUT food residue	• Retail bags with string ties and rigid plastic handles removed
• Stretch/shrink wrap	• Zipper type bags WITHOUT rigid plastic closing mechanism

Complete details on the types of plastic bags that can be recycled can be found at www.itsinthebagmn.org in addition to updated listings of participating businesses.

REMINDER:  soil or mulch bags, bubble wrap, plastic food containers or plastic bottles cannot be recycled in this program.

Look for other stores that also recycle plastic bags through their own companies:  Paulson's Super Valu, Cub Foods and some area department stores.

Recycle on the go with Message in a Bottle™                                           

Duluth, Hermantown and Proctor area gas stations now provide on-site recycling of all the bottles and cans in your vehicle when you stop in for a snack or to fuel up.  Look for the large bottle near the fuel pumps.