SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): With the primary election now over, Orange County encourages residents to recycle campaign signs instead of throwing them in the trash.

In partnership with the City of Winter Park, the City of Orlando and the League of Women Voters, Orange County will collect campaign signs so they can be used as a cleaner energy source.

“The intent is to not send these single use signs off to the landfill,” said Aimee Krivan, Pollution Prevention Program Coordinator with the County’s Environmental Protection Division. “We have found a way for these signs to have a second life.”

The signs are sent to NuCycle where they are converted into Enviro-Fuelcubes® used by the cement and electrical power industries to replace coal. In 2022, the program’s first year, it diverted 11,140 pounds in campaign signs from the landfill.

Wood and metal frames must be removed from signs before donating. Donations can be made from August 21 through September 1 at the following locations:

Broadway United Methodist Church
406 E. Amelia St.
Orlando, Fl 32803

First Unitarian Church
1901 E. Robinson St.
Orlando, FL 32803

Solid Waste Management
1028 Woods Avenue
Orlando, FL 32805

Porter Transfer Station
1326 Good Homes Rd.
Orlando, FL 32818

Cady Way Pool
2529 Cady Way
Winter Park, FL  32792

Mead Botanical Garden
1310 S. Denning Dr.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Winter Park Fire Department – Station 64
1439 Howell Branch Rd
Winter Park, FL 32789

Courtesy: www.newsroom.ocfl.net