We ran into the same issue here and we ended up contacting our local Goodwill and they were happy to accept our old VHS tapes. We were rather surprised since many of the films were educational and not feature films.
Jodie ________________________________________ Jodie L. Borgerding, M.L.S. Instruction and Liaison Librarian Emerson Library Webster University 470 E. Lockwood St. Louis, MO 63119 (314) 246-7819 jborgerdin...@webster.edu <mailto:jborgerdin...@webster.edu> http://libguides.webster.edu/soc http://libguides.webster.edu/religion http://libguides.webster.edu/zombies "Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants." From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Duffy, Brooke Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 4:10 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: [Videolib] Recycling or Discarding VHS Hello All, I recently stepped in as media librarian at Fairfield University and one of the big items at the top of the to-do list is to weed and discard the VHS collection. I have been researching options for recycling VHS and have not come up with too much. These are the two places I've located which recycle VHS: GreenDisk <http://www.greendisk.com/> (recycling service, we'd have to pay for the service AND the shipping) ACT (Alternative Community Training) Services <http://www.actservices.org/donations/how-to-donate> (accepts donations of VHS, but still costly because we'd have to ship it all to Missouri) Does anyone know of other options? I did check the Videolib archives, but the most recent posts I could find were from 2009. I also welcome any general advice on recycling or discarding hundreds of VHS! Thanks and Happy New Year, Brooke Duffy Interim Reference & Media Librarian DiMenna-Nyselius Library Fairfield University 1073 North Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824 bduf...@fairfield.edu <mailto:bduf...@fairfield.edu> (203)254-4000 x4206
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