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Christmas lights can be recycled locally




The Mariposa County Recycling Center at the landfill is now accepting strings of Christmas lights that are no longer working. Recycling lights for their metal content rather than throwing them in the trash not only reduces the amount of waste in the landfill but also helps prevent the wires from becoming tangled in the sorting equipment at the compost facility.

The recycling center is located at 5593 Highway 49 North in Mariposa and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday, clos...

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