I have a close to 100 empty spools, does anybody wants them?. I feel bad just tossing them away in the recycling bin.
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Hi @carlosap have you tried contacting your regular filament supplier? They may well be interested in taking them off your hands, heck, they may even pay you for that many… If your regular guys don’t want them, try reaching out to other suppliers.
Another option, is I had a friend that works in a day care with 3 year olds and she wanted as many empty spools as I could give her, she said they would love rolling the spools around. Would occupy them for a few hours, and stimulates creative play. She would have taken 20-30 if I had that many.
Donating to day cares seems more useful than throwing them in the recycling bin. 
@carlosap what about eBay? I’ve no idea if any of them actually sell, but here in the UK I’m seeing quite a few listings for empty reels and at quite surprising prices.
No need to toss them, you can repurpose them into something like this
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Thank you but I wouldn’t expect you to go to go to that much trouble. I’m sure he’ll manage without them.