What type of co-op do you donate them to?

I take my spent blades and pins to the local recycling place and take them in a coffee can and they will dispose of them properly. Most scrap metal companies will take them to.

Thank you Jacquie. I've bookmarked these pages.

no suggestion other than get your blades from Harbor Freight..... 2 in a package for $1.99.

If they're in their plastic cases they could be safe, - hospitals have special sharps containers - give them to your nurse friends to pop in when nobody's looking I disposed of several this way when working at clinics in the North (Canada).

Ditto and I put a piece of tape saying "used" so I don't make a mistake later.
I'd like to donate them if someone knows where.

I have two rotary cutters, one of which has a ribbon attached to the end indicating that it is a dull (to fabric) blade, but perfectly fine for other uses (paper, etc.). The ribbon keeps me from grabbing the wrong one.

Then, when the fabric blade begins to dull, I switch the ribbon and replace the now really dull blade. The dull blade gets wrapped in a piece of paper, then wrapped in a sheet of paper towel and taped around the several paper layers before going in the trash.

I like the idea of resharpening, but postage rates, etc. come to almost what new blades do through either Harbor Freight or J. Hittle, so I'd rather go with the new.

quilters are so resourceful normally, we really should recycle these blades. thanks for the information. I will try these companies. i tried LS. Sharpe company and the blades they returned were not that sharp.

me too ! stick my needles in there as well !!

I used to just throw them away. Now that I am going to be a grandma, I decided to save the last container. I put anX on it so I can tell it from the new blades. The old blade go in there and then when it is full. I will tape it shut and throw away.