How to recycle old Reel to Reel tapes?

In our part of the world, city halls provide this information. Not many plastic materials more than 20 years old are accepted for recycling.

Put a free ad on kijiji.com under the city that you're located in (or the closest city that the list to where you are).

Take at least 1 picture of a few of the reels. Post your offer as "free" and you will get at least a dozen offers within 24 hours of people willing to take them off your hands.

I'd list them for sale on Ebay. Some old audiophile out there might get a bit of pleasure.

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Post a message on Prison Plant and other conspiracy/paranoid nutjob sites, starting with,

"My grandma, Rose Mary Woods, passed away a few years ago and we're only now getting around to cleaning out her things. We found a bunch of old reel-to-reel tapes...."

(You'll know you're old if you get the reference.)

In fact, there are dozens of such reel to reel music tapes that are being offered for sale on EBay.

Of course, old reel to reel tape recorders are also being offered for sale there.

You're giving away your age also unless you are a Watergate nut post Watergate.

Real audiophiles know magnetic tape decays.

Which of course is irrelevant, lots of tin ears think they're audiophiles, usually based on the equipment they own. -----

- gpsman

People do seem to be selling them. I guess I can try that. Mostly the

What is particularly interesting is that people seem to be getting hundreds of dollars for old master and safety reels. I have quite a few of those (10") that I once salvaged from a recording studio that went out of business. I picked through them and kept the ones that had stuff on them that I recognized. Something like 20 takes of "Walk On By" and old Murray the K promo spots. Those probably are worth money. I guess I'd better get busy.

Then you may be holding irreplaceable history, which completely changes things. I'd try to find someone who knows what you've got before I'd rush to sell. -----

- gpsman

replying to Moe DeLoughan, Jinga wrote: The gap!

If still have them...god I would love to have them. Been replacing my machine and now need the reels. My estranged older brother stole machine and my reels. Some have me singing. I lost my voice due to my disability and he tells me to go (you know what). Almost died 5 times (within a couple of hours but, Grim Reaper can kiss my butt..lol). I live in Canada.

Have a couple of NOS reels (radio shack/tandy, IIRC) that I have no idea what to do with. We used to take 1/2 inch computer magnetic tape and build a jig with a razer blade to split it down the middle into two 1/4 incy strips wound on an empty reel. Much higher quality than standard audio tape.

Not sure if 9track tape is still sold commercially.

Is that a typo ? For sure 4 track 1/4" reel to reel tapes are still made and sold . But it ain't cheap . I still have several albums on r2r , plus several reels I bought blank and recorded my own selections . I've also still got a high end direct drive turntable and several hundred albums ... but the quad 8 track deck is long gone .

I had tons of slate albums. Shot them up at a rifle range. What a dick I was.

replying to garylatendresse, Bonnie wrote: Do you still need reels