Give your yard signs a new purpose

Election Day is over, which means it's time to take down political yard signs. Signs and stakes cannot be recycled in your blue recycle cart, but Lexington's Division of Environmental Services will take them to reuse and recycle through Nov. 18, 2024.

Yard signs and metal stakes can damage equipment at the Recycle Center. Never put them in your recycle cart or a mixed recycling dumpster. Bring them to us instead! The metal stakes are reused or recycled as scrap metal. The corrugated plastic signs are recycled through Rumpke. The bag-like signs are recycled through Trex.

The City has partnered with local businesses and organizations to provide drop-off locations for yard signs through Nov. 18. Drop-off bins are available during the locations' regular business hours, so be sure to check before you go.

Drop-off locations:

• Charles Young Center: 504 East Third St., Lexington, KY 40508
• Dunbar Community Center: 545 North Upper St., Lexington, KY 40508
• Kenwick Community Center: 313 Owsley Ave., Lexington, KY 40502
• Tates Creek Community Center: 3460 Campus Way, Lexington, KY 40517
• Fayette County Extension Office: 1140 Harry Sykes Way, Lexington, KY 40504
• Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Center: 200 East Main St., Lexington, KY 40507
• Lexington Senior Center: 195 Life Lane, Lexington, KY 40502
• Crank & Boom
• Distillery District: 1210 Manchester St., Lexington, KY 40504
• Clays Mill: 3101 Clays Mill Road, Suite 301, Lexington, KY 40503 (Stonewall Center)
• John's Run/Walk
• Ashland: 317 South Ashland Ave., Lexington, KY 40502
• Palomar: 3735 Palomar Centre Drive, Unit 140, Lexington, KY 40513
• Wild Birds Unlimited: 152 North Locust Hill Drive, Lexington, KY 40509
• West Sixth: 501 West Sixth St., #100, Lexington, KY 40508

If you have a large number of signs, email us to arrange a special drop-off.