Comments on: Plastic Gift Cards: Re-use, Recycle, Speak Out!

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:59:01 +0000

I honestly never even thought of that and I have stacks of old cards just sitting in my dresser junk drawer.
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By: Tessa

Tessa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:30:57 +0000

Shredded paper is good for the compost heap and avoids it going to landfill

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Just an update that I’m excited to share; I’m putting together information about recycling our gift cards through Earthworks for the higher-ups to review and consider for the store I work at, and possibly other stores in the area!

–E

By: Leighann

Leighann — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:44:00 +0000

At Walgreen’s you can choose to have your rebates put onto the same gift card again and again. The rebates are paperless and don’t require mailing if you do it online. And they even give you 10% more if you do it that way.

And I’m holding on to two corn-based Target gift cards that I received so that I can reload them if/when I get a store credit.

By: agreenfire

agreenfire — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Thanks for the great post. I have several plastic cards lying around and now I know where to send them.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:33:00 +0000

I wanted to suggest Card Avenue to gift card buyers and receivers. cardavenue.com works very much like EBay. When people get a gift card they know they won’t use, they post it on Card Avenue and sell it for a little less than the value of the card. You can get cards at a discount and decrease the demand on gift cards in general since the stores don’t record these sales. If you’re going to recycle gift cards you receive as gifts, you can ask that they be purchased from sites like this, so you know you’ve just saved some already purchased gift cards from the trash.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Thanks for the helpful post. A good alternative to plastic gift cards is e-Gift Cards. You can get those for movie tickets, spa treatments, amazon.com, almost anything. Then there is no plastic waste…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:08:00 +0000

YOU ROCK! I work for a certain coffee company, and many of those I work with share my thoughts that it is awful that so many folks just toss their gift card, but there’s a company privacy policy that we can’t re-use them (e.g. art projects) or anything like that. I think, and hope, that I might be able to find a loophole to recycle them, at least at the store I work at, perhaps all the stores in the area! Thanks for the info and all your investigative reporting on the important things!

–E

By: will terry

will terry — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:11:00 +0000

I want one card to function for all of my card needs – how much info can the magnetic strip hold anyway? How bout a re-programable type card that you can add too? My wallet is throwing my junk off balance and my swagger is off beat due to the heavy plastic load I must bear if I’m to keep all of my purchasing, discount, club, and membership options open.

By: elbales

elbales — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Hayley, good for you for forming good habits while you’re young. It can definitely be a challenge dealing with parents who aren’t as interested in reducing plastic waste as you are, but please don’t give up!