There is a recycling center in my town but I have to drive there and back through city traffic to the industry park then drive 10 more miles to the center. In the meantime I have to stash the recycleable stuff somewhere out of the way and I'd have to rinse the food plastics clean to keep the smell down. Recycling is just not my feel good thing to do.
I save all my spools and take to the library because there is craft programs for the kids there. Little kids can string them to make a train, bigger kids can glue them into all kinds of imaginative items.