Are binders recyclable?

Question

I have a plastic binder I no longer need, and I'm not sure if I have to recycle it or throw it away.....

Also, are purses recyclable or are those supposed to be thrown away??

THANKS!

Answer 1

Reuse them all! Mend and pretty up the purses. Put contact paper on the binders and use them to make fun photo albums or notebooks for next year.

Answer 2

No The have a plastic/vinal cover over card board. They can't be recycled. It costs more to have someone tear them apart just to sort out the cover from the carboerd.

Answer 3

Another re-cycling problem.

I am all for it, and do as much as is sensible, but in your case of an old ring-binder, some is plastic, some is metal etc.

For example, what to do with a defunct light-bulb?

It is glass, it is copper, it is tungsten, it is plastic.

So what do they want me to do ?

I choose to seperate re-cyclable  stuff in a green wheelie, and general household waste in the black one. But, my son in a neighbouring county, only 3 miles away has four different containers for seperation of things, which all just get bunged into the same collection truck.

Where is the sense in that ? Or indeed the motivation to help ?

Bob

Answer 4

If you think that both items can be reused as is I would donate them to a school they could give it to a child in need & play dress up with the purses or maybe goodwill .

Answer 5

they are because at the end of my science class my teacher asked us all to recycle are plastic binders if we didn't need them

Answer 6

No, the best way to get rid of them is to burn them

Answer 7

sure it's recyclable!

Go to yahoo groups - FREECYCLE and find your area and post it for someone who needs it.

WAHLAH!