what to do with a lifetime's worth of IEC power cables?

[mikebw]

modelamac wrote:
Staples will recycle them free. Your local high school IT dept may like them, as may a local computer repair shop.

When I worked at a repair shop we had a box full of old ones. We also sold new ones. But it was nice to be able to give one away to someone who maybe inherited an older computer and needed a few things to get it setup and running again.

EDIT - they can also make a decent speaker cable if you don't need a long run, just clip the ends and strip down to the bare wire.