Ask The Readers: What To Do With Old Magazines?
This stack looks nothing like what I have at home currently, piled nearly two feet high are magazines that have been delivered over the last three years to my home. I get most all of them promo’d to me, either industry related (from the photography I do) or tech related from work, they often have great articles in them, I just never throw them out.
I’ve often told myself that I’d tear out the photographs that inspire or impress me, get a glue stick and put them in a journal for reference. In the more than ten years I’ve been shooting not once have I done this. Additionally, I tend to read through them pretty fast and never read them again.
Paper recycling is not yet in my neighborhood which means I’d need to drive them someplace that actually recycles glossy paper, but I’m hoping someone has a more creative idea to put them to use?
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Comments
SDrunner
I have the same problem with newspapers too. I usually just toss them out after a week or so. If recycling isn’t an option, maybe donating them to local elementary schools is a good alternative.
Monika
I currently have a stack that I either haven’t read yet, or have been meaning to tear out articles I’d like to keep for reference. Only once have I used them for anything else, when I made funny birthday cards for my hubby. I’ll probably end up recycling them, but for some reason I can’t just throw them in the trash.
dave
some magazines and newspapers post their articles online as well. If I read something out a magazine that I like, I sometimes look up the online version of that article and bookmark it for future reference. now the magazine is safe to recycle.