A quick update on the results of my companies’ holiday recycling program…Although we extended our Christmas light recycling program into a year-round operation and the lights are still trickling in, the bulk of the participation is over.  We estimate that we had over 5,000 participants and that we received approximately 3,000 pounds of Christmas lights.   We we really please with the participation.  Quite frankly, we thought we might receive a handful of lights and that would be the end of it.  I suppose we underestimated the willingness of people to make that extra effort to do the right thing for the environment.

We sent a free set of LED Christmas lights to the first 100 participants and the remaining participants who submitted their lights to us before January 31, 2008 will receive a coupon.   For those of you who participated, thank you for helping us make the program a success and you can expect your coupon to arrive via email or regular mail within the next month.

We are going to expand the program next year and substantially increase the number of sets we give away.  We are also looking for people or organizations who may be interested in participating in next years program.  We will be looking for groups willing to set up collection sites as well as sponsors who may be interested in helping us develop a Christmas light exchange program.   Please contact us if you or anyone you know may be interested.