Orange County residents have the opportunity to recycle their campaign signs rather than 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 has opened multiple dropoff sites to transform campaign signs 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. The nearest location to Horizon West is the Porter Transfer Station, but residents can visit any location. Donations can be made from November 6 through November 17 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

Campaign signs CANNOT be placed in the blue recycling bin to be recycled, and must be taken to a collection site for recycling. Any signs placed in the blue bin contaminate the truck load of recycling, risking all materials to be diverted to the landfill instead of sorted for recycling.

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