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The holidays are a great time to recycle, because Americans throw away <br />25 percent more trash than other times of the year. Some of that trash can <br />be recycled. Consider recycling the following items this season: <br />Holiday Lights <br />Do you have strings of holiday lights that no longer work? Perhaps you’re <br />switching to energy efficient LED lights this year. Recycle holiday lights <br />and old electrical cords by dropping them off at Arden Hills City Hall <br />in our collection bin at 1245 Highway 96 W., or bring them to Ramsey <br />County’s household hazardous waste collection site at 5 Empire Drive, St. <br />Paul. <br />Live Christmas Tree <br />Keep your tree out of landfills by bringing it to any Ramsey County <br />yard waste collection site where it will be mulched. Please remove all <br />decorations, wire, lights and tinsel. Flocked trees are not accepted and may <br />be placed in the trash. The Arden Hills yard waste site is located at 3530 <br />Hudson Avenue and is open Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays <br />11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from December through March. <br />Leftovers <br />If you anticipate leftovers, ask your guests to bring their own leftover <br />containers so everyone can enjoy leftovers and limit food waste. <br />Food Scraps <br />Get started with food scraps (organics recycling) and bring to your scraps <br />to your local collection site at the Arden Hills Yard Waste Site, 3530 <br />Hudson Avenue. <br />Wrapping Paper <br />Most mass-produced wrapping paper you find in stores is not recyclable <br />because of the shiny coatings, foils and colors, and therefore needs to be <br />thrown away. Try these wrapping alternatives: newspaper, tin cans or jars, <br />paper grocery bags, fabric scraps, scarves, maps or even pillow cases. <br />Gifts <br />The best gifts are experiences: tickets to a sports game, trips to a zoo, <br />lessons of some type, transit passes or even a homemade dinner. <br />Commit to Going Green for the Holidays <br />Ramsey County’s Household <br />Hazardous Waste (HHW) <br />program accepts all types of <br />rechargeable batteries, as well as <br />some non-rechargeable batteries. <br />Rechargeable batteries can be <br />found in cell phones, computers, <br />drones and toothbrushes, and are <br />becoming more common in lawn <br />mowers, chainsaws and all kinds <br />of power tools. When they wear <br />out or are no longer needed, they <br />must be disposed of safely. <br />Lithium batteries can cause <br />fires in the trash, at recycling <br />facilities and in collection trucks. <br />Only alkaline and carbon zinc <br />batteries are safe to throw in the <br />trash. <br />All other batteries should be <br />brought to a HHW collection <br />site, where staff will sort them <br />and tape the terminals (positive <br />and negative ends) for safe <br />transport to a recycling facility <br />to be made into new products. <br />Check the battery label for <br />battery type, or staff can assist <br />you. <br />Mobile HHW collection is at <br />the Public Works Facility, 1245 <br />Paul Kirkwold Drive during <br />weekends in May and July. The <br />HHW site at 5 Empire Drive in <br />Saint Paul is open year round. <br />Hours are Fridays and Saturdays, <br />9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., <br />December through March. <br />For more information, visit <br />www.ramseycounty.us. <br />Ramsey County Collects <br />Batteries for Recycling <br />Courtesy of Ohio EPA