Recycling plant seeking holiday light donations to help end hunger

Alright, have you taken down your Christmas tree yet? If not, a local recycling plant is looking for your help. As Barrett Leone explains, you can donate your holiday lights to help fight hunger. CW Metals in Lakeville specializes in recycling all things metal, so we buy all different grades of coppers, brasses, aluminum. But this year they're also accepting donations. Copper is an incredibly in demand material in holiday decor. The company is asking anyone to donate new used Christmas lights to help anyone to donate new used or broken holiday lights. They're very recyclable and let's be honest, they they don't work a lot of the time. The lights will find new life. Any light that goes into your trash bin would end up in a landfill, most likely never to be recovered again, but will help support life too. People have come far and wide to deliver lights. All donation proceeds will go towards the open door. A local nonprofit working to end hunger. We feel like it will be very sustainable going forward and realistically the sky's the limit. In this first year of the campaign, Walsh hopes to generate $10,000. We feed over 15,000 people a month right here in our community. The open door executive director Jason Vienna says that money will fund two weeks worth of food purchases. That's going to help thousands of families and help us do a job. Hopefully providing some things that we don't always have access to. An impact that stretches. It's a win win win. Far beyond the landfill. I think it's going to help more than just the open door. It's going to help the environment and it's going to help everyone that is able to make an easier decision in Lakeville. Barrett Leon WCCO news. You can drop off new or used lights until the end of the month. We have a list of collection pin locations at wcco.com.