Disposing of old car magazines - best method?

[Ari]

If you had, say, 20 years of Car Magazine and maybe a decade worth of old Evo magazines that you no longer wanted, how would you dispose of them? Would you just throw them away or would you find a more advantageous way or moving them on?

Please note I'm very specifically not actually asking what they might be worth if they were sold, or for any kind of valuation. Because asking for sensible advice like that about car magazines on a motoring forum full of people who've likely collected and disposed of magazines is apparently against the rules and would get this thread deleted. (Seriously! It actually happened..! I know...)

I'm just a long standing forum member asking for a little advice. I've got a load of old car mags and just wondering what to do with them, that's all. Nothing furtive, suspicious, underhand, clandestine, dishonest, unethical or devious.

I just would be interested in opinions on a car related matter on a car forum full of car enthusiasts. One or two of whom might have found themselves in a similar position in the past.

[stevensdrs]

I put mine in the recycling bin.

[p4cks]

Bin.

[CoolHands]

Reported

[mintybiscuit]

Freegle, Freecycle, Facetwit ?

[Buster73]

I took a load of Evo magazines of a ph ‘er , over 100 iirc , cost me a bottle of plonk.

Read the articles I wanted over a period of a few months then passed them over to another petrol head , who did the same before putting them in the recycling skip .

[Equus]

Bin.

Anything else isn't worth the hassle.

[americancrx]

Put them outside on a sunny day with a "For Sale $20" sign. You won't get $20 but they will go somewhere!

[Ari]

CoolHands said:

Reported

Helpful, thanks!

[Ari]

Equus said:

Bin.

Anything else isn't worth the hassle.

Kind of what I figured but just wondered whether there was any point in, you know, doing other things with them (that might or might not include fair trade for special tokens that can be exchanged for other goods or services).

Plus it seems a shame to just ditch them. Oh well.

[acme]

A few years ago I took a load to a car meet I go to regularly, admittedly it's a big one, I put them in a cardbox at the front of the car with a 'help yourself sign', about half of them went, the other half I skipped.

I've got about another 200 to get rid of at some stage!

[anonymous-user]

Ari said:

Kind of what I figured but just wondered whether there was any point in, you know, doing other things with them (that might or might not include fair trade for special tokens that can be exchanged for other goods or services).

Plus it seems a shame to just ditch them. Oh well.

I thought for sale/swap type posts weren't allowed on here?

[wolfracesonic]

Install a wood burning stove and get rid of them that way.

[Flibble]

[Wacky Racer]

See if your local Dentist/Doctors wanted any to leave in their waiting rooms.

[Haltamer]

Charity shop? Any local car / engineering museums that sell second hand books?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... ?

At least they'd have a second chance, rather than just going straight to the tip.

[ruhall]

The idea re Dr / Dentist is a good one.

My experience, despite seeing them in a local charity shop for £2 each, is that nobody wants them. I took a load to a car club meeting and nobody wanted them, or even one. I've ended up recycling, via the waste, hundreds.

[DickyC]

I can't remember if it was on PH but I started a thread somewhere offering to give mine away. One guy responded, I met him halfway and away he went with my old car magazines. He was well chuffed. So was I as it happens. A job well done.

[CoolHands]

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

I'm not wanting to take them all off your hands, but if you've got any of the ones where CAR had their long term test 172 Cup, I'd be interested in them. Happy to pay postage, and a small charitable donation for them.