Orange County to Collect Campaign Signs for Recycling

Orange County to Collect Campaign Signs for Recycling

Signs will be converted into a cleaner energy source

Orange County, FL -When Election Day is over, Orange County residents will have the opportunity to recycle their campaign signs rather than throw 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 to transform them into a cleaner energy source.

"The intent is to avoid sending these single-use signs to the landfill," said Aimee Krivan, Pollution Prevention Program Coordinator with the County's Environmental Protection Division. "We have found a way for the signs to have a second life."

The signs are sent to NuCycle and converted into Enviro-Fuelcubes®, which the cement and electrical power industries use 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 November 6 through November 11 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

• Northwest Community Center & Pool
  3955 W D Judge Dr.
  Orlando, FL 32808

• 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

For more information about Orange County Government's sustainability and resilience efforts, visit ocfl.net/sustainability.