What to do with old neoprene products

[ID diver]

Recently I had to purchase some new booties, gloves and hoods. I am also anticipating some new wetsuits down the line. Generally in my day to day life I try to recycle items as much as possible (cans, bottles, cardboard, etc). I started thinking about how long the old booties, hoods, etc. would last in a landfill and was wondering if an option for recycling old neoprene products exists. Does anyone have input on this topic? If so, I would love to hear it.

Thank you.

 

[noladiver]

Give them to someone who might eventually get into diving. I still wear my grandfather's wet suit from 1975 when the tempature calls. I also give old gear to kids they love it and hopefully want to use it some day and instill a sense of pride like my elders have done for me.

 

[Kingmob3]

Hang onto it, or find a charity as mentioned, Sea Scouts or any local parks department who has water borne staff would love it. I worked for two years at a sailing beach on Lake Michigan, we got a ton of stuff from our patrons (there old kids stuff) and from the local coast guard station.
Allen

 

[almitywife]

we take stuff on holidays with us and leave them with the DM's that made our trip a blast!

gloves, boots, bc's, knives, masks, wetsuits, stuff that has been replaced by us and still have plenty of dives in them have been left with others to have a new life.

for suits that have no more diving in it, i have used them for many things...... namely added some lycra & eleastic and made lens/dome covers for hubby & friends camera rigs

cheers