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recycling is a good idea but unfortunately there isn't any recycling place near where i live. also if the magazines are on a very specific topic and technical there may not be very many other people interested in them. thanks for responding.

yeah that's what i do too. thanks for your response.

i know some magazines are so nice that you hate to throw them away. good thing you have a friend who enjoys reading them. thanks for your response.

i don't think you're silly at all. creative is more like it. thanks for your response.

great ways to put old magazines to use. thanks for responding.

yes of course, donating them to those places is a great thing but some magazines have your name and addresss printed on them and i just don't want them to get into the wrong hands. i guess i could cover them with black markers or tear them off but that would be too tedious. thanks for responding and have a great weekend!

it's interesting that the kids will read stuff that you don't like. are they kid's magazines? thanks for responding.

Actually, I teach high school seniors, not little kids. They love things like Teen People, ESPN, Vibe, etc., but they also like most of what I read, such as Time, Newsweek, Natioal Geographic. etc.

hi humbug25, those that you take to the doctors, do they have your name and address on them? as i said above i'm a little concerned about my personal info getting into the wrong hands.

If the sticker is in a place like the bottom corner then I just cut if off provided there is no really important info on the other side but there are usually just ads. I try to peel the sticker off if I have the time or scribble over it until it is illegible if it is in a more awkward place!

hi tamara, keeping just certain pages for reference is a good idea. thanks for your response.

that's great that you can sell them. i don't have magazines that have famous people or anything that will be of value in the future. thanks for responding.