Sustainability leaders in 15 St. Louis area cities and counties, along with recycling advocates, are hosting public collection sites for recycling plastic yard signs and their metal-stake holders.

Ridwell, the Portland-area company recycling difficult-to-process items like light bulbs and plastic film, will collect election signs starting on Friday, Nov. 25, for free, running through December.

Some Trump supporters weren't satisfied with the flimsy 18-by-24 plastic yard signs and instead built custom billboards in their front yards. Signs too big to be plucked by any neighbors.

Plastic election signs like these can be recycled. Now that the votes are in, you may be wondering what to do with that yard sign you had for your preferred candidate or issue.

That's because in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled any law that restricts yard signs based on their content (for example, restricting only political signs) is unconstitutional.

Residents can place the signs made of 100% cardboard in the blue recycling carts. However, cardboard signs wrapped in plastic can’t be recycled and would need to be repurposed or thrown away.

As for yard signs, all you have to do is pull them apart, separating the sign from the metal sticks. "You put the [sign] in the blue bin that you have at your curb, if you have that," Davis said.

Residential Recycling Programs: Paper yard signs can be placed in curbside recycling containers, and stretchy plastic signs can be recycled at retail locations which accept film plastics.

There will be a limit of three yard signs per household. Ridwell, which has 25,000 members in the Portland metro area, says it has so far diverted more than 6.6 million pounds from the waste ...

Corrugated plastic yard signs are available in a variety of sizes and can be customized with full-color graphics and text. They are easy to install and can be used both indoors and outdoors ...

Through Nov. 30, residents can recycle their plastic yard signs and metal stakes at any of the city's three transfer stations during normal drop-off hours for residents.

Residential Recycling Programs: Paper yard signs can be placed in curbside recycling containers, and stretchy plastic signs can be recycled at retail locations which accept film plastics.