Annual Collection Events

HOLIDAY LIGHTS COLLECTIONHoliday Lights Flyer 2025 With the holiday season officially upon us, the green Holiday Lights Recycling bins have reappeared for the collection of old, broken, or unused holiday lights, as well as all types of cords, including extension, telephone, appliance, and computer cords. As decorations go up and come down, instead of throwing those old lights and cords away, look for and use the green Holiday Lights Recycling bins located throughout Madison and Dawson. 

Holiday Lights collection bins can be found at both the elementary and high schools in Madison & Dawson, both Madison and Dawson City Halls, the Lac qui Parle County Courthouse and Annex, Hardware Hank, Madison Mercantile, NAPA, and Jubilee Foods in Madison, as well as Al’s Mercantile and Tim’s Food Pride in Dawson.

The Recycle Your Holidays program is funded by the Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment (SCORE) grant program, and promoted locally by the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office. All recycled lights and cords collected in Lac qui Parle County are brought to and benefit the Canby Developmental Achievement Center. The Holiday Lights program ends January 30th.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office at 320-598-3132. 


PESTICIDE CONTAINER COLLECTION

2025 Pesticide Jug Recycling Flyer - Fall


Lac qui Parle County farmers, it’s time for the Fall Pesticide Container Collection. Bring your empty containers to the fertilizer plant where they were purchased, or one of the following participating locations: Dove Fertilizer and Fieldcrest Fertilizer in Madison, the Lac qui Parle Co-Op Fertilizer Plant in Dawson, or the Co-Op elevator in Bellingham by August 25th. 

 

Empty plastic pesticide container recycling guidelines state that they must be triple-rinsed or pressure-rinsed and free of all pesticides, with the labels and caps removed. Containers must be under 55 gallons, and no mini-bulk containers are accepted as part of this collection. Before dropping them off, the pesticide containers must be strung together WITH STRING ONLY – NO WIRE WILL BE ACCEPTED!!  If containers are strung together with wire, they will be REJECTED, and string is available at all plants. 

 

This last pick-up of the year will take place on Monday, August 25th; however, you can continue to drop them off throughout the summer. 

 

Please remember that you can ONLY USE STRING, NOT WIRE, to string them together. Any containers strung together with WIRE WILL BE REJECTED, and string is available at all locations.

 

Thank you for caring for the environment! For additional information or questions concerning this August 25th Pesticide Container Collection, please call the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office at 320-598-3132. You can also find more details on the MN Department of Agriculture’s website, under the “Pesticide, Fertilizer” section. 

 

This program is sponsored by the MN Department of Agriculture and promoted by the LQP County Environmental Office. 


PESTICIDE CONTAINER COLLECTIONSummer 2025 Pesticide Jug Recycling Flyer

Lac qui Parle County farmers, as you empty pesticide containers this summer, remember to recycle them by bringing them to either the fertilizer plant where they were purchased or the Lac qui Parle Coop Fertilizer Plant in Dawson. Empty plastic pesticide container recycling guidelines state that they must be triple-rinsed or pressure-rinsed and free of all pesticides, with labels and caps removed. Containers must be under 55 gallons, and no mini-bulk containers are accepted as part of this collection. Before dropping them off, the pesticide containers must be strung together WITH STRING ONLY – NO WIRE WILL BE ACCEPTED!!  If containers are strung together with wire, they will be REJECTED, and string is available at all plants. 

 

The first pick-up of the year will take place on Monday, June 23rd; however, you can continue to drop them off throughout the summer. The MN Department of Agriculture will schedule another pick-up this fall.

 

Once again, farmers, please return empty pesticide containers to the fertilizer plant where they were purchased or to the Lac qui Parle Coop Fertilizer in Dawson, as they are emptied for recycling. 

 

Please remember that you can ONLY USE STRING, NOT WIRE, to string them together. Any containers strung together with WIRE WILL BE REJECTED, and string is available at all locations.

 

This program is sponsored by the MN Department of Agriculture and promoted by the LQP County Environmental Office.




 

PAPER SHREDDING EVENT

2025 Paper Shredding Event

Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office would like to announce the upcoming event for Earth Week. 

On Saturday, April 26th, in honor of “Earth Day,” Lac qui Parle County is hosting a free paper shredding event for Lac qui Parle County Households to dispose of identity-sensitive materials safely and conveniently.  

Marco Technologies will be onsite to provide confidential document destruction as you watch.  This Paper Shredding Event will be held at the Lac qui Parle County Highway Garage in Madison from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, April 26th.  

The truck will shred paper of all types, including boxes of bank checks, hard and soft cover books (including phone books), envelopes, file folders, notebooks, and hanging files.  Paper clips and staples do not need to be removed.  Materials not acceptable include anything wet, plastic, or three-ring binders.  

If you have any questions about what to bring to this Saturday, April 26th paper shredding event, or if you have a large amount of paper that you plan to bring, please call the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office at 320-598-3132.  






HOLIDAY LIGHTS COLLECTIONHoliday Lights Flyer - January 2025

As you are taking down your holiday lights, remember you are still able to dispose of broken, burnt-out, unusable, and unwanted light strings through the Holiday Lights Recycling Program. The green collection bins will be available throughout the Madison and Dawson area through January at the following locations.

 

In Madison, Holiday Lights collection bins can be found at both the elementary and high schools, the Courthouse and the Annex, City Hall, Madison Mercantile, Hardware Hank, Jubilee Foods, and NAPA. In Dawson, collection bins are located at both the elementary and high schools, City Hall, Tim’s Food Pride, and Al’s Mercantile.

 

The Recycle Your Holidays program is promoted locally by the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office. All recycled lights collected in Lac qui Parle County are brought to and benefit the Canby Developmental Achievement Center. The Canby DAC collects lights and cords year-round and they also accept and recycle all types of cords, including extension, telephone, appliance, and computer cords.

 

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact the Lac qui Parle County Environmental Office at 320-598-3132.