Seeing the old stings of my brother's guitar in the bin after he had restrung them seemed a shame. Rather than throwing them out, they make quite beautiful bracelets! If you aren't lucky enough to have friends family of aquaintences who play the guitar (or you find that they can't re-string them fast enough!) you can ask at music shops ; they often re-string guitars and are quite happy to give away old strings that they would otherwise throw out.
