[brnt]

> They’re not “trash.”

I live in the Eurozone. We had 1 and 2 cent coins for a while. Where I live these were quickly deprecated and I think in most other Eurozone countries too by now.

I have thrown any of these coins straight in the bin soon as somebody gave them. Too much hassle and requires too big a wallet to drag along, for literally pennies.

When I first realized dealing with coins was inversely proportional to their denomination I threw out less than a Euros worth.

I do not understand anyone who doesn't throw out their pennies.

[mint5]

Throwing out cent coins doesn’t seem like an environmental waste to you, like throwing out aluminum cans?

Yes they’re impractical to carry and use but does anyone actually do that? Why not do the standard practice of accumulate them in a jar instead of throwing them in the trash like waste?

it’s easy to take them home and throw them in a jar until suddenly the jar is a Kg of metal that can be fed to whatever coinstar like machine is around.

[brnt]

Metals are separated here, but compared to all the other waste I generate, I'd say it's... pennies on the dollar. Storing and collecting things is by itself an expense too: space, energy (you probably store them in a controlled environment), and so on.

[Symbiote]

At least leave them on the counter, drop them in a charity box, or leave them somewhere else where someone will pick them up.

[brnt]

I refuse to accept them. I got them anyway. Never seen a charity box. The homeless person also doesnt want them.

[throwawayffffas]

I stored some 1 and 2 cent coins in 2005 betting they will become collectible in a few decades.

[brnt]

There are many things that will become collectibles. I don't want to spend the energy and time storing various items on the chance they might become valuable.