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Make your holidays a little greener at PDZA!


Recycle Program ends Friday, Jan. 18.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is teaming up with Girl Scouts of Western Washington again this year on the holiday lights recycling program. Working together, we hope to keep thousands of strings of lights out of the landfill. 

The program was sparked by an idea from a 10-year-old girl, Jessica Lam, who approached Zoo staff three years ago with an idea to keep thousands of strings of holiday lights out of the landfill and raise money for the Zoo's conservation fund.

Jessica and the Zoo hope families will bring their old holiday lights to the zoo when they come to Zoolights instead of throwing them in the trash.


Tips for Recycling Lights

Please remove all packaging, twist-ties and rubber bands.
Please place lights directly in the bin -- with no bags or other extra material.

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Bring your lights here


Please drop your unwanted holiday lights in designated bins at the Zoo’s main entrance and at other Metro Parks locations, including:

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
(during open hours)
11610 Trek Drive East, Eatonville

Metro Parks Tacoma headquarters,
4702 South 19th Street, Tacoma

Tacoma Nature Center
1919 South Tyler Street, Tacoma
STAR Center
3873 S. 66th St., Tacoma

Center at Norpoint
4818 Nassau Ave. N.E. , Tacoma
Portland Avenue Community Center
3513 Portland Ave., Tacoma

Peoples Community Center
1602 S. MLK Jr. Way, Tacoma
 
The Girl Scouts of Western Washington also will have collection bins at:

Seattle Administrative Office
601 Valley Street, Seattle, WA 98109

King County Regional Office
13029 NE 20th St. Bellevue, WA, 98005

North Regional Office Location
1331 State Ave.  Marysville, WA 98270

Peninsula Girl Scout Program Center
1600 NE Winters Rd. Bremerton, WA 98311-3855

DuPont Girl Scout Center
1000 Davis Place DuPont, WA 98327