Kevin

 I have a friend who accepts flatted tubes and patches them for a 1/2 cut.  ie:  if you give him 4 punctured tubes, he repairs 4 and gives you back two, keeping two for himself. 

If that sounds good to you I will put you in touch with him.

-Kevin

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>> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 06:56:23 -0700
>> From: Don Joling
>> To: obra@list.obra.org
>> Subject: [OBRA Chat] punctured tubes: anybody recycle them?
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>> I have a number of 700c tubes that have flatted and not repaired. Does
>> anyone use these for art projects or whatnot? I'm at a point in my life where
>> I don't need to patch them 10 times to save $$, but don't want to throw them
>> away.
>> If you want them, let me know.
>> -don
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Kim Neve

When I am working on a bike at the Bicycle Repair Collective at SE 45th and Belmont, tubes and tires get tossed into boxes for recycling. I don't know exactly how they get recycled and if the BRC would welcome people coming in JUST to recycle tubes/tires, but you could check if that location is convenient for you. Uncompensated plug: if you sometimes need instruction and do not own all of the bike tools that you might need for a repair job, that is a great place to work on your bike.

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> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 06:56:23 -0700
> From: Don Joling
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] punctured tubes: anybody recycle them?
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> I have a number of 700c tubes that have flatted and not repaired. Does
> anyone use these for art projects or whatnot? I'm at a point in my life where
> I don't need to patch them 10 times to save $$, but don't want to throw them
> away.
> If you want them, let me know.
> -don
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Don Joling

I have a number of 700c tubes that have flatted and not repaired. Does anyone use these for art projects or whatnot? I'm at a point in my life where I don't need to patch them 10 times to save $$, but don't want to throw them away.
If you want them, let me know.
-don