The Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub also accepts the signs and stakes throughout the year. "To recycle your yard signs following the election, please take apart the plastic top sign piece from ...

But the volume of signs was more than the "mom-and-pop" recycling shop could handle. Suze Peace and Peter Sigmann toss election yard signs into a dumpster for recycling in 2018.

Montgomery County, for example, has a campaign sign recycling program running through Nov. 12 that accepts all types of signs at more than a dozen drop off points.

The poll worker learned that although the signs, made from polypropylene, are highly recyclable, Volusia County couldn't find a buyer for the No. 5 plastic, so they ended up in the landfill.