Recycling Magazines
Magazines are fantastic for passing the
time, keeping in touch with a particular interest, or just catching up
with the general gossip of the celebrities that we are so fascinated
with.
However, their prevalence in today’s society, means that their
production is often higher than newspapers, and their cost means that
their production values are often ‘glossy’
This means that magazines are filled with chemicals needed to produce
the colour in photos, and the glossy finish on each page.
This is often hard for the environment to break down, and it is
unfortunate if the chemicals are released into the environment.
Here are a few handy ways to recycle and reuse magazines, before
discarding them.
Magazines are a great form of dating particular events in history. Some
magazines even issue special editions, which contain interesting facts
about an event, which may even become a collectable in the future.
Collecting magazines after a special event, and keeping them in good
condition (that means not filling out the crossword puzzles) may mean
that they can be sold at a price to someone who has a particular
interest in that event.
This is a great way of saving paper, and sometimes money.
Magazines can also be donated to your local doctor’s or dentist’s
clinic, for those nervous and impatient people to read while they’re
waiting.
Many places like these welcome magazines with open arms, as the older
ones tend to fall apart from constant use.
If you have younger children at home, they may even like to cut out
pictures from the magazines to make a collage. A fun idea is to ask them
to make a face, out of features of many different celebrities’ faces.
This activity allows you to reuse your magazines without discarding them
entirely, and encourages creativity within your child.
Teenagers often collect magazines, not only to read, but to use the
pictures inside as posters for their walls. It’s a great idea to
encourage them to pick out the pictures they want before throwing out
the magazine. Although it may seem small, one or two pages add up over
time, and it is far better for those pages to be left out of the
struggling environment.
Some magazines are available to be recycled, and may declare so at some
point within their pages. Many magazines strive to make their paper as
eco friendly as possible, but many do not realise this and throw out
their magazines in the wrong bin.
Next time you buy a magazine, please consider the many different ways it
can be used and reused before you discard it completely. The plastic and
chemicals in magazines can be incredibly harmful to the environment, and
it’s a lot better for them to be reused as an art project within your
family, than thrown out in the environment to add to the rest of the
garbage out there.
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