Topic ID 5810
Do any charity shops accept tapes these days? Seems a shame to bin them...
Reply ID 79757
I think I've seen them for sale in the Isabel Hospice shop?
Reply ID 79760
Are they blank or pere recorded? If they are blank I would accept them for the Oral History Group ..................we are changing over but some of the older members...no names..........still use tapes as well asthey are not very digitally literate and worry they are doing it wrong! I mentioned digital and someone thought I was talking about using fingers!!
Reply ID 84280
Just bumping this thread rather than start a new one: I am about to consign a lot of prerecorded VHS videotapes to landfill. I sold off a few Disney ones on ebay as there are people who collect them, but the rest you literally cannot give away (for example, no charity shop will take them and my son took a boxful to a car boot sale recently with a sign, 'Free, please help yourself' and got rid of 3!). I just wanted to check, before they go in the black bin, that no-one locally knows any way they can be recycled or made use of? Cheers.
Reply ID 84285
You could try posting them on Hertford Freegle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hertford_freegle/ There maybe someone who wants them
Reply ID 84305
I have tried in vain on Hertford Freegle to get rid of lots before, but its always worth a try. I ended up putting mine into a bag which I took to the charity shop with other items so got rid of them that way in the end.
Reply ID 84358
quote:That is very selfish. One thing charity shops hate is being used as bins. They are shops selling goods to raise money not somewhere to dump rubbish. Why should the staff have to sort out your junk? It is sad but basically video tapes have to go in the bin these days as they are obsolete and seemingly unrecycleable.
Originally posted by MrsG
I have tried in vain on Hertford Freegle to get rid of lots before, but its always worth a try. I ended up putting mine into a bag which I took to the charity shop with other items so got rid of them that way in the end.
Reply ID 85421
I have been trying to find a way of recycling these, found a place in Bristol that does it but thats too far to go and postage costs would be massive. They say they work with local authorities so I e mailed East Herts to check and just got this reply , so it looks like black bin job, shame as it should be somthing they deal with in my opinion now everyone is going digital and it obviously is possible if you are in the right area. -------------------- Many thanks for your recent enquiry. Unfortunately we do not provide a recycling service for old VHS tapes. There may be some private companies who may offer a recycling service but we do not have any further information regarding this. Sorry we could not help you further in this instance.