VHS tapes- junk or simply a recycling challenge

VHS tapes can now be said to be a kind of ‘blast from the past’. VHS technology has become quite obsolete and even though a lot of folks still have some memories captured in these, they are contemplating shifting the content to more contemporary forms of data storage, thus leading to the specter of VHS dumping and landfills. For one, it is best to convert these into DVD so that the content will still remain in a relevant format 10 years from now. There are quite a few other things that you can do with these VHS tapes.
If you are crafty and art oriented it is possible to crochet old VHS tapes and create something beautiful out of it for all your efforts. In addition to this, you can donate these tapes to the Alternative Community Training. You will find that this is a very good deed as this organization in Missouri gives jobs to disabled people who take the old VHS tapes, clean them and then sell them if possible or perhaps recycle those parts that can be recycled. If you are unable to do this, you can well donate these tapes to a local library that may accept these or perhaps donate them to the Salvation Army which has an uncanny way of making use of things that you would normally just trash without a second thought.
There is another option that you have. GreenDisk is an organization that can take these tapes, which they call ‘technotrash’ and recycle it for you if you pay a fee of $6.95 and extra charges for shipping. It is also possible to Freecycle old VHS tapes where you can list the items that you want to give away free, and hope that someone who needs an old movie tape would come by and pick it up from you. There have been instances of many takers for items listed on Freecycle, which means that this is an effective way of getting rid of your old stuff that you no longer need.