Question by DanielleD: How or where can I recycle playing cards?
I have 3 decks of cards that are missing a few cards each, so instead of throwing them away I want to recycle them, even if it means sending them out somewhere. I dont want to use them for any art projects or whatever – I’m about to throw them away if I can’t find a place to recycle them.
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Answer by J.
Throwing them out is about all you can do with them. You might talk with the local unit of government to see if there are any plans for developing “co-fuels” for power plants or central steam plants to be produced from the “burnable” materials in the waste stream currently, because that is about all you can do with coated papers and plasticized papers.
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They are normally made out of heavy paper with a glossy coating similar to magazines. So if your recycler takes magazines they can take the cards. Just toss them in the bin.
burn them in a camp fire….
If they’re in good condition and you have all 52 cards between the three decks, you can donate them to a nursing home or a shelter where I’m sure someone else will appreciate them!