Recycling expired car seat

[Anonymous]

We just missed the target drive and I don’t know what I’m supposed to do with a 6 year old infant Seat that’s expired. Any advice?

[Anonymous]

Trash

[Anonymous]

They don’t recycle. The six year thing is complete bullshit. You can send it to the landfill, or give it away on Craigslist, as I did probably 10 car seats.

[Anonymous]

Cut the straps and throw it away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t recycle. The six year thing is complete bullshit. You can send it to the landfill, or give it away on Craigslist, as I did probably 10 car seats.

+1 unless it was in an accident and then straps or plastic were stressed most people would want it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t recycle. The six year thing is complete bullshit. You can send it to the landfill, or give it away on Craigslist, as I did probably 10 car seats.

+1 unless it was in an accident and then straps or plastic were stressed most people would want it.

Even if it WAS in an accident, who cares? Assuming the car wasn’t totaled, why would you replace the car seat? You’re going to get a brand new car seat and hook it into the exact same LATCH points that were “stressed” in the accident?

When it comes to car seats, all common sense goes out the window. “Cut the straps..” How stupid are people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t recycle. The six year thing is complete bullshit. You can send it to the landfill, or give it away on Craigslist, as I did probably 10 car seats.

+1 unless it was in an accident and then straps or plastic were stressed most people would want it.

Even if it WAS in an accident, who cares? Assuming the car wasn’t totaled, why would you replace the car seat? You’re going to get a brand new car seat and hook it into the exact same LATCH points that were “stressed” in the accident?

When it comes to car seats, all common sense goes out the window. “Cut the straps..” How stupid are people?

Not as stupid as you, apparently.

The foam breaks down over time, and can crack in an accident. How do I know? Car insurance paid for a replacement, so I took the old seat apart and the foam inside was cracked from the impact, even though the outside was perfectly in tact. This was not a high impact accident, either.

As for cutting the straps, it's the only way to stop someone from picking up a potentially damaged carseat off the side of the road and using it. Don't you know anything about car seats???

The last thing - I would never advertise a used, expired carseat for anything other than "for trade in" because there are potential liability issues.

[Anonymous]

"and the foam inside was cracked from the impact"

that's highly doubtful that it was from the impact. Also, styrofoam is there as basic support, it's not crash protection. It's not a material engineers and designers would typically rely upon for its tensile and shear strength capabilities. A "crack" would have no effect on functionality.

[Anonymous]

Can you just wait until the next Target drive? My DD loved to use ours for dolls and stuffed animals too.

[Anonymous]

Craigslist or trash.

[Anonymous]

Give it to someone who needs it. Even if it's so terrible as crazy posters here are saying, it has to be better than no carseat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"and the foam inside was cracked from the impact"

that's highly doubtful that it was from the impact. Also, styrofoam is there as basic support, it's not crash protection. It's not a material engineers and designers would typically rely upon for its tensile and shear strength capabilities. A "crack" would have no effect on functionality.

Styorofoam is absolutely part of the protection in many car seats. Think about bike helmets.

-NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don’t recycle. The six year thing is complete bullshit. You can send it to the landfill, or give it away on Craigslist, as I did probably 10 car seats.

+1 unless it was in an accident and then straps or plastic were stressed most people would want it.

Even if it WAS in an accident, who cares? Assuming the car wasn’t totaled, why would you replace the car seat? You’re going to get a brand new car seat and hook it into the exact same LATCH points that were “stressed” in the accident?

When it comes to car seats, all common sense goes out the window. “Cut the straps..” How stupid are people?

I really don't care about anyone's version of so-called common sense when there are safety engineers with actual data.

But you're not really using common sense anyway. Car safety is a chain. The car seat is a link. The LATCH points are a link. The car seat can be replaced when there is doubt. The LATCH points can't.

Why wouldn't you have the strongest links possible? Why have doubt?