Target's Car Seat Trade-In Event & Other Ways to Get Rid of an Old, Expired Seat

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Strange how car seats go from one of the most important safety items you can buy for your precious cargo to completely useless lumps of plastic in almost no time at all. Because kids grow fast. First, they’re too big for their infant car seats; then, they’ve outgrown their toddler seats and boosters, too. This presents a recurring dilemma: What do parents do with their old car seats when they’re done with them — especially if they’ve reached that all-important, not-to-be-ignored expiration date?

For many parents, the answer ends up being something like, “Let that chunk of plastic sit in the corner of your garage collecting dust until you figure out wha