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Don't toss campaign signs in the recycling bin: Here's what to do instead
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The election is over, but what happens to all the campaign signs? Some have already disappeared from neighborhoods, while others are still in yards. For anyone wondering what to do with them, curbside bins aren’t the answer.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- After campaign sides flooded Columbus yards during a busy election season, Columbus officials are encouraging residents to recycle them instead of throwing them away. Keep Columbus Beautiful said yard signs can sit in landfills for hundreds or even thousands of years, but ma…
With election season over, it’s time to toss out those campaign signs. And while the corrugated plastic signs and their metal frames are made from recyclable materials, they can’t be disposed of like you would other recyclables.
Recycling officials in Pulaski County are encouraging residents to recycle cardboard campaign signs instead of throwing them away now that Election Day has passed.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Keep Charleston Beautiful, a local non-profit organization, says the metal “H” frames attached to campaign yard signs can't be recycled in the County’s blue carts. Instead, the organization says the frames can be dropped off to be repurposed for public hearing announcements…
The election is over, but what happens to all the campaign signs? Some have already disappeared from neighborhoods, while others are still in yards. For anyone wondering what to do with them, curbside bins aren’t the answer.
