Voting season is officially over. So what should you do with all those political yard signs?

One thing is for sure: Don’t just throw them in the recycling. The tough plastic and metal stakes can damage equipment at the recycling center.

You could just throw them in the trash to rot away in a landfill — or you could reduce your environmental impact. To reduce waste, Lexington’s Division of Environmental Services has set up a program to reuse and recycle yard signs.

You can drop your signs off at one of the 13 participating business locations between now and Nov. 18 to keep those signs out of the landfill.

According to a press release from the division, it will recycle or reuse the stakes as scrap metal, recycle the corrugated plastic signs through Rumpke and send the lighter bag-like signs to Trex.

Drop-off locations:

• Charles Young Center: 504 East Third St., Lexington, KY 40508

• Dunbar Community Center: 545 North Upper St., Lexington, KY 40508

• Kenwick Community Center: 313 Owsley Ave., Lexington, KY 40502

• Tates Creek Community Center: 3460 Campus Way, Lexington, KY 40517

• Fayette County Extension Office: 1140 Harry Sykes Way, Lexington, KY 40504

• Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Center: 200 East Main St., Lexington, KY 40507

• Lexington Senior Center: 195 Life Lane, Lexington, KY 40502

• Crank & Boom Distillery District: 1210 Manchester St., Lexington, KY 40504

• Crank & Boom Clays Mill: 3101 Clays Mill Road, Suite 301, Lexington, KY 40503 (Stonewall Center)

• John’s Run/Walk Ashland: 317 South Ashland Ave., Lexington, KY 40502

• John’s Run/Walk Palomar: 3735 Palomar Centre Drive, Unit 140, Lexington, KY 40513

• Wild Birds Unlimited: 152 North Locust Hill Drive, Lexington, KY 40509

• West Sixth: 501 West Sixth St., #100, Lexington, KY 40508