City of Dallas, TX Offers Post-Election Sign Recycling at Transfer Stations

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The City of Dallas is providing residents an environmentally friendly way to dispose of political yard signs following the election season. From now through November 30, residents can recycle corrugated plastic yard signs and metal stakes at any of the City’s three transfer stations during normal residential drop-off hours.

Political yard signs come in several materials, each with different recycling requirements. You can identify your sign type by look and feel:

•          Corrugated Plastic Signs: These feel sturdy and rigid
•          Cardboard-Based Signs: Similar appearance but less sturdy than corrugated plastic
•          Plastic Film Signs: Feel like thick plastic bags

Corrugated Plastic Signs and Metal Stakes

•          Must be brought to transfer stations for recycling
•          Cannot be placed in blue recycling rollcarts due to their rigid construction, which can damage or jam the automated sorting equipment at the City’s recycling facility
•          Department of Sanitation staff will properly bundle signs and metal stakes for separate processing

Plastic Film Signs and Metal Stakes

•          Metal stakes can be recycled at transfer stations
•          Plastic film should be either discarded or recycled at retail locations that accept plastic bags (like grocery stores)

Cardboard Signs

•          100% cardboard signs can be placed in blue recycling rollcarts
•          Cardboard signs coated in plastic cannot be recycled and should either be repurposed or disposed of in household garbage

Residents unable to bring recyclable signs to transfer stations may bag them and place them in their gray rollcart for normal household garbage collection.

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantagemag.com