Check this out before you recycle your old magazines. Depending on the magazine, you can re-sell your back issues (i.e., the ones you just finished reading) on EBay.

I check to see if people are actually buying the magazine I want to re-sell, then set the price low and add a reasonable shipping charge (usually USPS printed matter rate to the farthest zone I would ship to). If the price is right and the magazine is not something with quickly dated material, people will bid!

You can carry this a step further and look in thrift shops or libraries for magazines to buy. I picked up a few magazines for a dime apiece that were actually worth a few dollars apiece. One magazine went for over $20!

Why chuck your old magazines if you can pass them on and make some money in the process?