# old records **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752 "2001-12-04T01:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koawala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@koawala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koawala)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/1 "2001-12-04T01:45:52Z")
Not finding anyone to take my old vinyl records, I thought about recycling them. My question is, what are they? I would first quess that they are considered plastic, but what kind- 1,2,3,4,5,or 6. Or are they none of the above? ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/2 "2001-12-04T01:53:31Z")
Before your old Vinyl hits the shredder you may want to check with a local charity. They often take them as donations. Where I live there is a place that will take your old records and re-sell them at rummage sales that they have trough-out the year. The best part is that because you are giving it to a charity they often will issue a tax reciept for the donation ( usually about $2 per LP) Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/3 "2001-12-04T02:03:06Z")
They’re vinyl, but you probably couldn’t recycle them. Plastic recycling is still in its infancy, technology-wise, and it’s only feasible in special situations where you have a ton of stuff that’s made of exactly the same material. Milk jugs and pop bottles are two such examples. Old Simon & Garfunkle records probably aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![ubermensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bcef8e/32.png) [@ubermensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ubermensch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/4 "2001-12-04T02:52:40Z")
you could donate them to me. course shipping would be too expensive for my tastes, probably. if you live in the CT/NY area, i’d be glad to take them off your hands… ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/5 "2001-12-04T03:10:14Z")
Hey, those things are collectible! Seriously. Send them down to the recycle center and then kick yourself severely a year later when you see the same albums fetching high prices on e-Bay. If you don’t want them, give them to somebody who does. He can use the money. ---
**Author:** ![koawala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@koawala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koawala)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/6 "2001-12-04T03:16:34Z")
Several points to respond to: 1.I’m in the Florida/Alabama area- anyone who wants them, come and get them. 2.Charities may want a Pat Boone album but would more than likely throw a Bitch album in the trash, something I was trying to avoid in the first place. 3.Should we enact a law stating that an industry should find a way to recycle a product that it produces? ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/7 "2001-12-04T12:15:49Z")
Actually you may be surprised as what they take. Typically , In Winnipeg andyway, they seem to take everything. They have taken evey thing from Enthic accordian playing to Transvision Vamp and from Gospel to Ozzy. You may want to give them a call. ---
**Author:** ![Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@Patricinus\_Scriblerus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patricinus_Scriblerus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-records/96752/8 "2001-12-04T12:18:29Z")
\Actually you may be surprised as to what they take. Typically , In Winnipeg anyway, they seem to take everything. They have taken every thing from Ethnic accordion playing to Transvision Vamp and from Gospel to Ozzy. You may want to give them a call. \ Damn I gotta start running things thru a spel chek. 😉