BERIGAN Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) Besides the nearest landfill? A quick search of the web found this site, but I really don't want to pay them a fair bit for them to make money off of what I send them!!! I am talking of formerly blank tapes, that I have in abundance. I have been slowly copying stuff to DVD and of course you find a fair number of tapes of movies you have since recorded without commercials, or purchased a prerecorded version. Now I have a box full, and I can't imagine a library wanting them. I imagine someone might stuff porn in the middle of a kids film, and the trouble a library would get into with those. I don't even think a Salvation Army place would want this many, but I could be wrong. Weird side note, we dropped off an old computer monitor that had lost some of it's "brightness" in more ways than one. It still worked, so my Dad dropped it off at S.A. and the guy was acting like he wasn't going to take it, it was stained on the back!!!(Don't ask something to do with plants overhead I think) My Dad had to raise hell just to get him to take it! So, any suggestions??? Mailing it would cost a fortune as well.... Edited February 20, 2008 by BERIGAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Berigan, my local library has plenty of videotapes. I suggest you try yours first, and give them the opportunity to turn you down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 (edited) There are a few different things you could do. 1)Is there a freecycle.org for your town? (I'd imagine Atlanta has one.) Essentially what it would do for you would let you post an ad that'd say "Free VHS tapes in cardboard box on my front porch" and spell out what you have, or however you'd like to arrange getting rid of them. Freecycle is way to unload a lot of stuff, or at least try. 2) Or if there's a craiglist, you could post something similar. Even try to sell them. 3) Google "yourtown" & "recycling," or whatever city or county agency handles disposal. Sometimes as long as you haul the items in they will handle items for recycling to keep them out of the landfill. Ours takes CDRs, plastics not handled by the hauler, etc. I have no idea if VHS tapes are broken down or not, but you could try calling (or checking their FAQ) and see. I'd try 1 or 2 above first though. Edited February 20, 2008 by Quincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgraham333 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Build some sort of sculpture out of the tapes, call it art, charge thousands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Some recycling centers might possibly take videotapes. Several in the Kansas City area do, along with other electronics media (cassettes, CD's, CDR's, DVD's, etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 If you take them to the SA or a library, just make sure that you haven't inadvertently included "Hillary Does Dallas." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Weird side note, we dropped off an old computer monitor that had lost some of it's "brightness" in more ways than one. It still worked, so my Dad dropped it off at S.A. and the guy was acting like he wasn't going to take it, it was stained on the back!!!(Don't ask something to do with plants overhead I think) My Dad had to raise hell just to get him to take it! So, any suggestions??? Mailing it would cost a fortune as well.... Weird answer... In Cuba, because of the embargo, they have become very good indeed at recycling old computer monitors. Even if they're completely US, there's a load of semi-precious metals in them which can be profitably (if you're Cuban) reused. Now that Castro's retired... MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Anyone found a way to discard old VHS Tapes??? Sure. Send them to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Weird side note, we dropped off an old computer monitor that had lost some of it's "brightness" in more ways than one. It still worked, so my Dad dropped it off at S.A. and the guy was acting like he wasn't going to take it, it was stained on the back!!!(Don't ask something to do with plants overhead I think) My Dad had to raise hell just to get him to take it! So, any suggestions??? Mailing it would cost a fortune as well.... Weird answer... In Cuba, because of the embargo, they have become very good indeed at recycling old computer monitors. Even if they're completely US, there's a load of semi-precious metals in them which can be profitably (if you're Cuban) reused. Now that Castro's retired... MG First, it's too late, we gave it away already! Two, there are places in the U.S. that do this as well, but I was only hearing about them in the north east quadrant.... I was going to offer it to Goodspeak, but he only wants VHS tapes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Here's the way I found: when you move across country after a break-up, simply 'forget' them in a rarely used closet. At least they haven't shown up in the mail yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 DUB NEW PORN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? It would be a...waste....? Send them to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? You HATE this planet, don't you???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? You HATE this planet, don't you???? Well, is there a practical/profitable way of recycling them? One that doesn't cost more money and/or energy to turn them from useless, unwanted media containers into plastic pellets or something? I mean, seriously, nobody uses VHS tapes anymore - even libraries don't want them - so they're gonna eventually end up in a landfill one way or the other. Even shipping them to somebody who "wants" them is gonna cost a bundle - and there's environmental impact from shipping as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? You HATE this planet, don't you???? Well, is there a practical/profitable way of recycling them? One that doesn't cost more money and/or energy to turn them from useless, unwanted media containers into plastic pellets or something? I mean, seriously, nobody uses VHS tapes anymore - even libraries don't want them - so they're gonna eventually end up in a landfill one way or the other. Even shipping them to somebody who "wants" them is gonna cost a bundle - and there's environmental impact from shipping as well. Ray, first, I hope you know my humor enough to know I was just kidding with you....secondly, they are just so freakin' big! And I have so many!! No joke, I have a big box just taking up room of the one's I copied, sitting behind my sofa. And I can barely move the box now! And I have many more to follow once they are copied. Don't really want to even copy those right now. I'm just not a big fan of waste. That site I linked in the first post, they either degauss the VHS tapes so they can be used again as surveillance tapes for police, etc. Or they can be broken down for their raw parts, and reused. But, like I said before, I don't want to pay a hefty amount of money to get rid of these. I just thought someone would say call _____they come to your house, and take it off your hands. Yeah, I'm a dreamer. Watch, in a few years we will all hear about someone that has made millions of dollars recycling tapes, just going door to door to get them! Going to have to do some work, see what if any recycling centers we have in the ATL(Nearly 5 million folks here, there's gotta be one or two, right??) Mgraham's idea sounds like a good one as well.... Funny, on this issue , I am sounding like the the bed wetting liberal, and you sound like the heartless Republican! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Pile them up on the sidewalk, drench them with gasoline, and torch 'em. Not only will you get cool, black, sooty smoke and an interesting odor, it will leave a fascinating and long-lasting residue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Pile them up on the sidewalk, drench them with gasoline, and torch 'em. Not only will you get cool, black, sooty smoke and an interesting odor, it will leave a fascinating and long-lasting residue! Should I inhale the fumes deep into my lungs as well?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Storer Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 It will expand your mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Build some sort of sculpture out of the tapes, call it art, charge thousands. I don't know about the "charge thousands" part. But, I once was witness to a rather novel idea for recycling 8-track tapes. A friend showed me an end table that he had constructed using them and a liberal amount of silver duct tape. He was puzzled that his wife seemed reluctant to use it in their living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Anyone found a way to discard old VHS Tapes??? Sure. Send them to me Fab!! ......shoot me your address and I'll pop in the mail an old Ollie North tape that came from someone at National Review years ago. I can send 'Al Gore's Greatest Speeches, Vols. 1-39' as well if you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 What's the problem with simply tossing them in the trash? You HATE this planet, don't you???? Well, is there a practical/profitable way of recycling them? One that doesn't cost more money and/or energy to turn them from useless, unwanted media containers into plastic pellets or something? I mean, seriously, nobody uses VHS tapes anymore - even libraries don't want them - so they're gonna eventually end up in a landfill one way or the other. Even shipping them to somebody who "wants" them is gonna cost a bundle - and there's environmental impact from shipping as well. Ray, first, I hope you know my humor enough to know I was just kidding with you....secondly, they are just so freakin' big! And I have so many!! No joke, I have a big box just taking up room of the one's I copied, sitting behind my sofa. And I can barely move the box now! And I have many more to follow once they are copied. Don't really want to even copy those right now. I'm just not a big fan of waste. That site I linked in the first post, they either degauss the VHS tapes so they can be used again as surveillance tapes for police, etc. Or they can be broken down for their raw parts, and reused. But, like I said before, I don't want to pay a hefty amount of money to get rid of these. I just thought someone would say call _____they come to your house, and take it off your hands. Yeah, I'm a dreamer. Watch, in a few years we will all hear about someone that has made millions of dollars recycling tapes, just going door to door to get them! Going to have to do some work, see what if any recycling centers we have in the ATL(Nearly 5 million folks here, there's gotta be one or two, right??) Mgraham's idea sounds like a good one as well.... Funny, on this issue , I am sounding like the the bed wetting liberal, and you sound like the heartless Republican! No sweat. I knew you were kidding, but damn - in retrospect my post does sound more serious and snarky than I intended. I'm an acknowledged packrat so I've got a few boxes of the buggers as well and just the other night i was thinking about culling a few more of them. Didn't know that there were any legit recycling uses for them, impractical as they may be. Not sure where the "Republican" part of my tone comes in, though I'll cop to some libertarian tendencies. As for the "heartless," well I had just spent two hours watching Simon Cowell on Idol and Gordon Ramsey on Kitchen Nightmares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybleaden Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Why don't you send them to the US Security Dept and tell them that they contain evidence of new abuse by US troops interrogating prisoners and I bet the tapes will disappear magically with no carbon foot print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Why don't you send them to the US Security Dept and tell them that they contain evidence of new abuse by US troops interrogating prisoners and I bet the tapes will disappear magically with no carbon foot print Oh, thank God, more politics in the non political section of the forum! Perhaps you can get TNR to have Scott Beauchamp make up some more phony stories(And record the stuff on my old VHS tapes) so you can be even happier! I also always glad to see a subtle sig like yours after every one of your posts as well! I just wish it was a bit, you know...in your face. Bush derangement fever, catch it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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