Orlando, Winter Park and Seminole County have partnered up with PureCycle and NuCycle to recycle campaign signs used this general election into energy. They encourage people to donate their campaign signs — sans any metal or wooden stakes — to be combined with other materials and eventually turned into fuel.
“The intent is to avoid sending these single-use signs to the landfill,” Aimee Krivan, Orange County pollution prevention program coordinator, said in a release. “We have found a way for the signs to have a second life.”
These cities have been rounding up campaign signs post-election since November 2020. Benefits include keeping the now-unused signs out of landfills and providing cleaner alternatives to coal, says Mark Barasch, CEO of NuCycle.
“This is a broken-down enviro fuel cube,” Barasch said in the release. “It’s cardboard, paper and plastic blended. What it does is replace coal.” He added the enviro fuel cubes are 80 percent carbon neutral.
In Orlando, collection occurs between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. at Orlando Solid Waste, Broadway Methodist Church, First Unitarian Church of Orlando, Porter Transfer Station and Northwest Neighborhood Center.
In Winter Park, collection also occurs between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. at Cady Way Pool, Mead Botanical Garden Community Garden and Fire Station 64.
In Seminole County, collection occurs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Central Transfer Station.
Collection ends in Winter Park and Orlando on Nov. 17. For Seminole County, Nov. 25 is the final day to donate.
Remember to separate any metal or wooden parts from signs before donating.
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This article appears in Nov 6-12, 2024.