loads of unused cables

starry · « **on:** January 16, 2012, 22:04 »

what can I do with them they are old computer cables and that sort of thing , I dont want to throw them in the bin is there any where I can recycle them ??

Yorkie · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2012, 22:21 »

Freecycle / Freegle?

gavinjconway · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2012, 22:21 »

Try your local free-cycle. Ours has loads and people get them all the time - possibly for car boots but it's still re-cycling them..

gavinjconway · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2012, 22:22 »

Quote from: Yorkie on January 16, 2012, 22:21

Freecycle / Freegle?

snap + a bit more... we did our replies simultaniously

Yorkie · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2012, 22:23 »

Great minds and all that ...

TheSpartacat · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2012, 00:54 »

I'm clearly lotty mad, because my first though was "tie them between two poles for raspberry support"

sunshineband · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:20 »

Not sure they'd be long enough to tie between the raspberries

If you have a small local computer repair shop, you could give them all to them in a box

starry · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2012, 09:13 »

ok thanks will have a look at freecycle

savbo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2012, 10:15 »

our tip has a container for old electrical gear..worth checking with council?

brown thumb · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:32 »

how about using for tying fruit trees to stakes

starry · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2012, 20:27 »

well some of them I could but they are mostly quite thick some of them are scart cables (very stiff and not very bendy) unused we have several of them that we will never use I will probably take them to one of the many charity shops in my home town some one might want something from them

TheSpartacat · « **Reply #11 on:** January 22, 2012, 01:28 »

The thing is with charity shops, certainly all the main ones near me (Oxfam, Help the aged etc) won't take electrical goods of any kind. Something to do with them being out of warranty and needing to be checked for safety by an electrician before they can sell them... Or at least thats what i was told when trying to offload a cd player.

Gumtree or Freecycle might be your best bet

starry · « **Reply #12 on:** January 22, 2012, 14:37 »

but thats electrical goods surely that I can understand they could be dangerous these are not power cables they might contain a small amount of power but they are mostly cables like scart and usb

TheSpartacat · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2012, 16:50 »

Well, its worth a shot, but i do think they have an aversion to anything of that nature. You might find the staff have been told "don't accept electrical" and apply that to everything that gets plugged in. But, worth a shot...

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