Order of service at funerals. How to dispose of them?

[Mydogisagentleman]

I recently attended the cremation of a woman I was very fond of.
I cared for her in a residential setting.
I have 4 others of these cards, they are in a pile that moves from the living room to near the kitchen bin.
On the one hand I don't want to keep them forever, but on the other I don't know whether to put them in the ordinary rubbish or recycling bins.
In the past, I have sensibly left them at the venue

Do you know the families, could you ask them if they want them.

Otherwise shred them at work

Just recycle them, surely - they are just card/paper after all. I wouldn;t give it a second thought.

I recycle them, occupational hazard attending them

I burn them

I keep the ones from relatives but otherwise I would put them in the bin. Wouldn't want them blowing out of the recycling!

The relatives will have tons of the things and will have saved their own.

i kept some,binned some and left some at the funeral.place. the ones i binned i felt a bit disrespectful but once its done it is done.

It's fine to get rid of them. I have kept the ones for my parents and the one for mr grandma but no others, and even then I'm only keeping them for family history research reasons rather than memorial reasons.

You could take photos of them before you bin them, so you have them digitally.

Part time occasional assistant to an undertaker here - don't worry about it, we just chuck the leftover copies in paper recycling, they are just bits of paper at the end of the day! unless of course you want to keep them as a sentimental item.

All the ceremonial stuff is just theatre really! but serves a purpose of giving closure I think, just remember the person you cared about when they were with you.

I have quite a few from last year. Feel the same way as you. Can’t bring myself to throw them away, don’t need to keep them. Interesting to hear perspectives.

My train of thought used to be that you.had to take them but i started just leaving them.

I put in envelope and recycle

I have a stash of them and have lent it out to friends organising family funerals so they don’t have so much thinking to do.

I kept my mother's, but the rest I just keep for a week or two as it seems indecent to bin them as soon as you get home! I put them in the recycling.

I kept my own one from my Dad's funeral. I believe the rest went into recycling. Some were probably left behind at the crematorium, where I assume staff will have put them into recycling too.

We didn't have order of service cards for my mum's funeral because I didn't want to see them just discarded carelessly after the ceremony. You did the right thing by taking them home. Now, keep for a few days then get rid. No-one else will know. Would they keep yours after your funeral? Unlikely.

I only have them from my parents funerals, I try not to keep things I won't look at again. Indeed when clearing my parents house I found loads saved over many years, including people I didn't know, and then felt guilty throwing them away.

I've got a friend who puts them inside books on her bookshelves and enjoys occasionally finding them again.

Recycling bin? What else are you supposed to do with them?

I’ve kept my DM’s and a couple of other close relatives otherwise I leave at venue but if not I shred them.They are not sacrosanct.

I’ve got a drawer full of them! Always feels a bit disrespectful to put them in the bin but I will one day.

i dont understand this , surely its personal to the deceased person?

I would photograph them and then bin.That way are keeping the memory alive but in a more convenient form

That's a good way to upset people. "I don't want your loved one's order of service anymore, want it back before I chuck it?"

The family will already have all the copies they could possibly want.

Hardly like that🙄. And your bright idea is ?

Agree don’t ask the family if they want them back, terrible idea! Just dispose of