Highway Dept. Holiday Lights Program Collection Sites a Huge Success

Orland Park, IL – Highway Commissioner Antonio Rubino enhanced the Holiday Lights Recycling Program when he first took office in 2021.

Since in office, Rubino has expanded the Holiday Lights Recycling Program to include local businesses as collection sites.

This year the Highway Department partnered with Menards in Tinley Park, Southfork Family Restaurant, Tinley Park Park District, and Anthony’s Pizzeria in Orland Park.

Together, along with the Highway Department, these four businesses helped recycle 2,539lbs of holiday lights.

“I am so thankful to the local businesses that offered to be a collection site,” said Highway Commissioner Rubino. “If you dispose of holiday lights in the trash, they will sit in landfills for years; so together we have made a difference.”

Do you still have holiday lights you are looking to recycle? You might not be able to bring them to the collection sites anymore, but the Highway Department will accept them year-round.

The Highway Department is located at 16125 S. Wolf Road and open Monday-Friday from 7am to 4:30pm.

For more information on programs and services offered by the Highway Department, please call (708) 403-5148.