Did you know that corrugated plastic yard signs are NOT recyclable in your recycling bin?

In fact, our opinion is that “recycling” them would be a terrible waste! They have so much more value than a melted down plastic that may be turned into something new (or may not, as it is not a very high value recyclable plastic- those are plastic bottles with necks!)

How can you get another use/ life/ sign out of them?

They’re super easy to repaint! Use a light color and it is a perfect canvas for outdoor messaging like Happy Birthday! Welcome Home! Congrats Grad!

• We learned our lesson- indoor paint is not great for them (it peels and also is not easy to write on with markers). But if it is what you’ve got on hand, it works in a pinch.

• Spray paint is quite expensive and kinda wasteful if you’re painting more than one sign. That doesn’t mean we don’t do it- especially if we need it to dry quickly! Just a heads up that it can take many layers, and you may have to play with dark & light colors to cover the sign.

• It may take multiple coats of paint to cover the original sign images and words. (We also flip it upside down before painting, so that if the words do show through, they are upside down and don’t mix up the new message we painted!)