Up to 1.3 million miles of Christmas tree lights are being collectively binned by Brits over a lifetime – enough to wrap around the world 51 times. New research reveals the average household throws away 77 metres of Christmas lights in their lifetime, with more than a quarter admitting they do not try and repair or recycle the broken decorations before throwing them out.
The poll of 2,000 UK adults by Warninks Advocaat , shows UK adults will collectively spend £23billion on festive lights over their lifetime – an average of £429 per person. Yet over half of the nation simply abandon the broken lights in their loft or attic to gather dust, instead of recycling them.
The study was commissioned to mark the launch of Warninks Christmas Tree Light Replacement Service – a new yuletide initiative where you trade in old, broken Christmas tree lights to be recycled and they’ll be replaced with brand-new ones.
The hassle free ‘swap and recycle’ initiative will be a free bookable service for adults which delivers a Warninks Light Technician to your door. As part of the service, you’ll also receive the ingredients for a Snowball cocktail and a Warninks yellow Christmas jumper.
The Warninks Christmas Lights Replacement Service will be rolled out in Hackney, in London (E1, E15, E2, E20, E5, E8, EC1V, N16 postcodes) on Monday 9 December, Manchester and Salford (M1, M2, M3, M4 postcodes) on Tuesday 1 December, and Edinburgh (EH10, EH12 postcodes ) on Wednesday 11 December.
Go to the booking website to book slot.