The City of Dallas has leveled up its post-election game by introducing an eco-friendly strategy for political sign disposal. To marry environmental consciousness with civic participation, Dallas residents can now take their political yard signs to any of the city’s three transfer stations. According to the City of Dallas, the program runs until November 30, giving locals ample time to dispose of their election paraphernalia responsibly.
Residents must understand that not all signs can be chucked into the blue recycling roll carts. Corrugated plastic signs, known for their rigid feel, and their accompanying metal stakes have a special recycling protocol due to the potential havoc they could wreak on the automated sorting equipment at recycling facilities. These items must journey to designated transfer stations, where Department of Sanitation employees take charge of the proper bundling and recycling processes.
On the other hand, those plastic film signs that mimic the texture of robust plastic bags can’t share the same fate. The metal stakes can hit the transfer stations, but the plastic film needs to find a new home, ideally at retail locations that run plastic bag recycling programs. For the lighter, more bendable cardboard signs, residents have the green light to place them in their blue recycling rollcarts, unless there’s a sneaky layer of plastic involved, at which point, it’s either a reroute to creative repurposing or the gray rollcart for regular garbage pickup.
Dallas is keeping the ball rolling with accessible drop-off locations and user-friendly hours. The Northwest (Bachman) Transfer Station on Harry Hines Boulevard, the Northeast (Fair Oaks) Transfer Station on Fair Oaks Avenue, and the Southwest (Westmoreland) Transfer Station on S. Westmoreland Road are all part of this recycling initiative. These stations open their gates early and, on varying days, extend their hours into the evening to accommodate the sporadic schedules of Dallas’s environmentally conscious citizens.
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