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 at multiple locations 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.
Yard signs from political campaign can be donated from August 21st through September 1st at the following seven 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
Seminole County is also offering political campaign yard sign recycling.
