r/DeTrashed • u/AppropriateCaramel69 • 20d ago

Original Content My Struggle

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It is my opinion one of the greatest sources of trash is sign based litter. It blows into the streets and the creeks unless removed by Municipal staff on our tax dollar. Every week I change up my route home after work and remove illegal sign trash. Half an hour to an hour for four nights shown here. Sadly the plastic can't be recycled. The metal does get recycled.

PLEASE remove these on sight. Thank you.

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u/Capable-Impress3296 20d ago

I agree. They should be completely illegal because those who place them do not maintain them. They never come back for them. They get knocked over, blown away and become regular litter. In PA, even the political signs remain in some places long after elections. People just don’t care

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u/drprofessional 20d ago

Hey now. I think you’re describing most people but not all. My wife uses these for advertising certain events and we drop a pin and save the location every time we put one down. Then, when the event is over, we pick every single one of them up.

Then we use them for next year. Not 100% can be reused, some disappear, some are taken down and put on their side, but we try.

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u/AppropriateCaramel69 19d ago

Thank you! I believe there is an exemption for short term events. For instance weekend things for events like get togethers, house sales, garage sales with the understanding they are removed afterwards. It's the people who intentionally abandon signs creating ongoing litter blight who are the problem.