How to properly dispose of neon signs?

That's a good question. Every sign shop I've seen tosses it in the garbage...or collects it outside in their backyard along with every other sign they've taken down since opening their business.

I think I usually just keep them in the sign when I take them to the scrap yard and let them deal with it.

 

Sell them on EBay - be surprised how many people want a neon sign for their Kitchen or Beer Garden,

 

Due to the mercury, we recycle it just like fluorescent bulbs. We do service signs so we have a recycler that comes to our shop to pick up.

 

not all of them will have mercury in it but then again its always better to be safe (but the amount of mercury will be less than whats in a thermometer) they only add that to make the neon or argon pop

as for neon or argon gas they are non toxic