Wondering what to do with those old or broken holiday decorations once the holiday is over?

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Most holiday decorations cannot go in your recycling cart, but many communities offer recycling drop-offs. Check with your local city or community recycling center to see if they will take them, and see a few ideas below.

String light recycling

• United Electronic Recycling, LLC (Coppell/DFW; with Saturday drop-off events in Plano)
• Austin Recycling and Reuse Drop-Off Center (by appointment only currently)
• City of Georgetown (four special holiday recycling drop-off stations)
  
• City of Houston Holiday Light Recycling Drop-Off Locations
• Check with your local Lowe's or Home Depot
• Mail to the Christmas Light Source Recycling Program. Active all year; all proceeds go to Toys for Tots in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area (Christmas Light Source Recycling Program, 4313 Elmwood Drive, Benbrook, TX 76116)

Christmas tree recycling

• Travis County: (December 26 – January 10) Free Christmas tree recycling for Travis County residents at five locations, 7am–5pm. Make sure your tree does not have any decorations or netting on it. See more on their recycling web page.
• City of Austin: (starting December 26th) curbside tree pickup, plus drop-off at Zilker Park on certain dates; see City of Austin's Holiday Tree Recycling page.
• City of Dallas: Place curbside with Brush and Bulky Items, or drop off at locations listed on their website.
• City of Denton: Denton's Solid Waste & Recycling is offering drop-off or curbside pickup (with call to schedule) to compost your tree. See more details on Facebook here.
• City of El Paso: Trees can be dropped off at five Citizen Collection Stations listed here (type "Christmas tree" in the search).
• City of San Antonio: (first two weeks of January) five locations for drop-off. See details on their website.