Recycle those lights

As a festive spin on its annual efforts to assist the community with disposing of its unwanted goods, Crook County Natural Resource District (CCNRD) invites you to bring your used and broken Christmas lights to the office to be taken to Rapid City for recycling.

“For this event, it is only string lights and extension cords,” says Bridget Helms, Office Manager. “We can’t accept anything else at this time.”

The idea came about, says Helms, when CCNRD heard that Rapid City is taking these items for free recycling.

“I asked EchoWorks at Western Dakota Tech if we could also bring items to be recycl...