By What can I do with my old magazines?
Donate old magazines to schools or day care centers. Donate used magazines to a dentist’s or doctor’s office or auto shop waiting room. Donate magazines to teen centers or community centers. You can also post an ad on Craigslist.org or Freecycle.org.
How do I get rid of old books and magazines?
In case you find yourself in a similar situation, here are 10 ways to recycle your old books.
- Donate to your local library. Bring your gently used books to your local library.
- Donate to a local charity.
- Make some gift tags.
- Recycle your unusable books.
- Sell them or give them away online.
- Make a “Free Books” box.
Where can I get rid of old National Geographic magazines?
You might check with nearby nursing and retirement homes, prisons, hospitals, or schools to see if they would welcome your donation. We have a Collectors Corner on our website, which includes a dealers list and a Collector’s Forum where you can post a notice regarding your collection.
Where can I donate old magazines UK?
If your issues are up to date and still have a little life left in them, donate them to a local library, nursing home, hospital, or women’s shelter in your area. If your magazine subscription is an educational one, be sure to share the knowledge with local schools that might benefit from these titles.
Should I throw out old magazines?
Absolutely you should recycle your old, unwanted magazines in order to preserve trees and limit landfill waste. Here are some of our favorite ways to reuse magazines, catalogs, viewbooks or other printed publications.
What happens to magazines that don’t sell?
Unsold magazines are returned to the publisher’s distributor (in some cases only the cover), and recycled when possible. Be aware that almost all paper today is made from partially recycled materials and the original forest where the tree was cut down and sent to the mill was replanted by the paper industry.
What can I do with books I no longer want?
Where To Donate Books You No Longer Need
- Libraries. Libraries usually accept donations and sell those books in a Friends of the Library fundraiser.
- Local thrift stores. Goodwill accepts a lot more than clothes.
- Prisons. Prisons desperately need used books.
- Schools. Schools may also want your used books.
Can glossy magazines go in recycling?
At the moment paper can still be recycled if it contains these materials, but it could be good to get into the habit of removing staples and paperclips. And yes, any glossy magazines can still be recycled, so chuck them in!
Are magazines worth keeping?
Most any older periodicals can have some value depending on how many people want it. As an example, to those who gather sports memorabilia, finding a copy of the first Sports Illustrated magazine published in 1954 can be a real treasure. They easily retail for thousands in excellent to mint condition.
Are old Life magazines valuable?
Life magazines with covers picturing movie stars or members of the Kennedy family are especially collectible. So is the very first issue, dated Nov. 23, 1936. Most issues, however, will sell for $1 to $10 each.
What does Barnes and Noble do with unsold magazines?
Barnes & Noble has a policy of donating books that it can’t sell and that the publisher doesn’t want back, said spokeswoman Carolyn Brown. “The majority of the books and magazines we sell are returnable to the publisher,” she said in an e-mail. “A small percentage are non-returnable.”