The polls have been closed for 24 hours and the winners of local elections have been announced. However, surveying Savannah’s front yards (and quite a few pieces of public property) one could get the impression that candidates are still campaigning.
What’s the most environmentally responsible way to dispose of campaign signs? The paper-based variety can, I presume, be recycled along with cardboard at Sonoco Recycling. But what about the corrugated plastic variety like those manufactured under the brand name Coroplast? According to the Coroplast Web site, polypropylene is coded 5, which can be problematic at local recycling centers that accept only 1 and 2 coded plastics.
Kent’s Bike Blog provides instructions on how to make bicycle fenders, handlebar bags and rear cargo containers from Coroplast.
Any other creative uses for expired campaign signs? Please share them here.
Photo credit: webbmb via Flickr
I’ll take all of Dewberry’s signage off his hands if he leaves town and never comes back.
[...] One way you can do your part today is by taking items to the Alabama Environmental Council’s recycling center in downtown Birmingham. A list of accepted items are located on their website (and according to their site, they’re all set to take any of those items in today). My college advisor from my days in student government has found a few suggestions for something that we’ve seen a lot of recently – campaign signs. [...]