Are magazines recyclable??

Question

Any type of magazines?? like teen vogue and seventeen?? What about papers?? What kind of papers? even if its written on both sides?

Answer 1

Yes. Magazines are can be recycled but the process is hard.

Sometimes magazines include CDs, samples, or other non-paper inserts that can make it harder to recycle the magazine. In most cases, the magazine can still be recycled – but the recycling processor may have to remove the non-paper components first. So it would be better if these non-paper inserts are removed before the magazine is put in the recycling bin.

Several specific types of adhesives can be problematic because they tend to form very small particles (called “stickies”) that adhere to production equipment and are difficult to remove through the screening and other physical processing methods employed in pulp mills.

Polyvinyl acetate (PVA), acrylic polymers, polystyrene polymers (such as styrene butadiene rubber), and hot melt adhesives (thermoplastics) are of particular concern. Water-soluble substitutes that make use of starch, dextrins, gums, and cellulose (polycel) can often accomplish the same functions and offer suitable performance characteristics, while not interfering with downstream paper fiber recovery operations.

Certain ink formulations and colors can pose problems because they are difficult to break up and remove in the repulping process. In particular, certain bright red, orange, and “day-glow” types of inks reportedly are difficult to remove from repulped recovered paper.

The old magazines are used to make newsprint, printing and writing paper. Old magazines (and catalogs) are useful to producers of recycled-content newsprint, as they help to deink (remove ink) from recovered newspaper. But, it is not useful for making new magazine paper.

For more info refer to this site :

http://www.magazine.org/government_actio...

I found a nice diagram which explains the process of recycling paper. Here it is:

http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling5.html

Hope this helps !

Answer 2

Check with your city's waste management system.  All of those are recyclable, but some places won't accept coated paper (like magazine paper).

Answer 3

ANY type of paper is recyclable. Magazines, paper. Lol, it dosn't matter if the paper is written on, its still recyclable. Theres this home made paper recycling experiment I done as a kid with paper which was already typed on and when I recycled the paper(in really bad quality) the ink was almost invisible. So if its barely visiable when done in a bad quality home style way then its completly invisible when done at recycling centres.

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

I think so

Answer 6

yes mainly. that is some  magazines use  some plasticated pages which are difficult to recycle but on the whole  the bulk is paper fibre which can be reused  successfully. the downside is it also uses a lot of bleach and paper whiteners which are harmful to the environment. It also   helps to reduce pressure on wood felling though so  in the main an overall benefit by recycling occurs.

Answer 7

Yesss! Magazines, newspaper,

Dumb homework, pictures, MONEY!jk anything that feels like paper can be recycled:D

Good job keep on saving

The world:D

Answer 8

Yes anything that is like paper can be or is recycled =] x

Answer 9

yes

if your gonna recycle a magazine, make sure you tear off the perfume samples. that's what i do