Kincardine Council is looking at ways of prohibiting plastic election signs on public property.
The idea has also inspired other ways of changing election signs to something that is more environmentally friendly.
Councillor Rory Cavanagh put forward the motion to do away with plastic campaign signs that candidates put on display every election.
He says that when it comes to the signs themselves that are on public property, the municipality is then responsible for disposing of them after the election is over.
Cavanagh says that the signs are typically made from polypropylene, and the municipality doesn’t have a way to recycle them.
“I put this idea forward as something for consideration. The signs are made from polypropylene, and polyethylene for the sign bags. They get used for the duration of 30 to 60 days, and they end up in the landfills. As it stands, our municipality doesn’t have the ability to recycle these signs.”
The council as a whole was in agreeance with the motion and passed it.
Municipal staff will now be directed to come up with not only ways to ban the signs on public property but also to come up with alternatives that can be recycled or composted.
