# Redistribute unsold children’s comics and magazines to charities and hospitals, says recycling company

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/30/redistribute-unsold-childrens-comics-magazines-charities-hospitals-says-recycling-company/
- Published: 2016-04-30T08:14:05+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Each week tens of thousands of unsold comics and magazines are returned from shops
to retailers who then send them to be pulped. Why not redistribute them to hospitals
and charities where they can be enjoyed?**

That is the suggestion of recycling and waste disposal specialist BusinessWaste.
co.uk.

According to the company, there’s a particular problem with comics for children 
which have free gifts attached to the front cover, meaning they are often sent to
be burned or buried in landfill.

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[BusinessWaste.co.uk](http://www.businesswaste.co.uk) spokesperson Mark Hall says:

> “It’s an extraordinary waste. Because there are thousands of kids who’d appreciate
> those comics and gifts.”

He added that all of these unsold publications are perfectly saleable.

He explained:

> “While some of these are retained for the back issue market, huge numbers are 
> simply destroyed within days of being replaced on the shelves by the next edition.
> And with recycling figures stalling, it defies logic.”

He proposes an approved list of hospital children’s wards, nurseries, Sure Start
centres and other organisations for young people which could receive a limited number
of unsold comics and magazines for the enjoyment of patients and pupils.

## Opportunity for charities

The idea would have to be self-sustainable. Hall said:

> “It wouldn’t be a freebie. The magazines could be bought back from the wholesalers
> at a price to cover their costs, and could even be funded by charitable donations.”

 

He acknowledged that some shops might be concerned that the idea could reduce sales
for them. He suggested that the scheme would initially be limited in scope to measure
its impact.

Hall added:

> “As a waste company we positively hate seeing perfectly good items destroyed,”
> he says, “And that’s why we want to see kids and comics reunited. It’ll be good
> for the environment, and it will be great for young imaginations, too.”

 

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