text: what can i do with old college textbooks that are 10-15 years old? i don't want to just throw them out. i would like to recycle them somehow.  where can i take them? sadly, they are likely outdated to be viable for reuse by current students.   having tried to sell many of my textbooks that were just a few years old on half.com proved fruitless, with the exception of a couple general study texts.  they are paper, and as such, you should be able to recycle them with the rest of your newsprint at the curb.