"Recycling" Scissors

I just found out that scissors that get ruined do not have to be thrown away. I wish I knew this sooner before messing up a friend's scissors. I was recently searching "recycling scissors" on Google and found an eHow article on "How to Recycle Scissors." 

It seems that you could possibly actually recycle your scissors, but you should call your recycling provider to check if they will. I would be reluctant to throw away scissors because of the blades. A worker could get hurt while handling the garbage. :(

The article also touches on purchasing scissors made from recycled content, though I am sure that many users of the Greenwala community are already aware and probably already do buy many products made from recycled content (depending on the availability of such products).

The article is also actually where I found out that you can actually get scissors sharpened. It's called reconditioning. Some links to places that do reconditioning that I found while Googling are:

California Cutlery (though you can maybe buy it on ebay?

John A. Eberly, Inc.: EBERLY SCISSORS AND SHEARS RECONDITIONING SERVICE - The thing with this one is that it is set in New York, so shipping could take a while (for me, anyway).

Unfortunately, I have never tried any of these services, as my friend has already thrown away his scissors. I hope to make this post so that I will remember that I can do this in the future (in the case that I do mess up another pair of scissors). I am a little wary of them right now because I haven't tried it out before, but all I would have to lose is the cost of shipping and the scissors (though the scissors obviously would be worth pretty much nothing).

For my friend, I ended up buying a new pair of scissors...