Recycle campaign signs (Alameda) (West side)

have you ever wondered what happens to the countless campaign yard signs around our community? It’s estimated that tens of millions of plastic campaign yard signs will be manufactured this year to meet the needs of a highly active election year, but almost none of them will be properly recycled.

Ridwell, a pioneering doorstep sustainability service that I use in my own home, is offering a timely solution. In addition to their regular service for members, Ridwell will provide free doorstep pick-up of campaign signs for any household in their service area, helping to keep these signs out of landfills. The signs will be turned into a post-consumer resin that provides an alternative to virgin resin for manufacturers of items like planter pots and pipes. Ridwell’s convenient doorstep diversion service has already saved more than 23 million pounds of waste from landfills, recycling hard-to-recycle items like plastic film, light bulbs, and multi-layer plastic.

You can sign up for the free yard sign recycling pick up between now and mid-November: https://get.ridwell.com/yardsign-pickup