With the primary election now over in Florida, Orange County is encouraging residents to recycle campaign signs instead of throwing them in the trash. 聽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.
鈥淭he intent is to not send these single use signs off to the landfill,鈥� said Aimee Krivan, Pollution Prevention Program Coordinator with the County鈥檚 Environmental Protection Division. 鈥淲e have found a way for these signs to have a second life.鈥�
The signs are sent to NuCycle where they are converted into Enviro-Fuelcubes庐 used by the cement and electrical power industries to replace coal. In 2022, the program鈥檚 first year, it diverted 11,140 pounds in campaign signs from the landfill. Wood and metal frames must be removed from signs before donating.