Signs are converted into cleaner energy sources

Orange County, Florida – With the primary election now over, Orange County is encouraging residents to recycle campaign signs instead of 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 is collecting campaign signs to be used as a clean energy source.

“The intent is to keep these single-use signs out of the landfill,” said Aimee Krivan, pollution prevention program coordinator for the county’s Department of Environmental Protection. “We’ve found a way to give these signs a second life.”

The signs are sent to NuCycle, where they are converted into Enviro-Fuelcubes®, which are used by the cement and electricity industries as a coal substitute. In 2022, the first year of the program, 11,140 pounds of campaign signs were kept out of the landfill.

Wood and metal frames must be removed from signs before donation. Donations can be dropped off from August 21 to September 1 at the following locations:

Broadway United Methodist Church
406 E. Amelia St.
Orlando, Florida 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

Cady Way Swimming Pool
2529 Cady Way
Winter Park, FL 32792

Mead Botanical Garden
1310 p. Denning Dr.
Winter Park, FL 32789

Winter Park Fire Department – ​​Station 64
1439 Howell Branch Road
Winter Park, FL 32789

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