Binoculars Alternative ways to recycle Trash Please place binoculars in your trash container. Consider DonationIf the item is still usable, please donate. Visit Athens’ Material Reuse page for ideas. Alternative Ways to Recycle Donate to Bird Conservation You can donate your binoculars to Optics for the Tropics, which sends the equipment to the Caribbean and Latin America where resources are very limited. Recycle with Canon Canon will recycle Canon-brand binoculars and other Canon-brand items for a small flat fee. Find out more.