When you pull off the prongs sometimes you get a little bit of wire along with it if you've cut that end of the cord already. I keep screws and whatnot too. Never know if Imma come across something I can fix to resell. Even if I wasn't saving them though I wouldn't throw them in the trash. Just throw them in the mix bucket. It's right next to my trash can anyway. Can't stand seeing people throw away cans. Especially the other day when I seen people throwing cans in the trash while tearing apart an AC to recycle. Why not just grab another bucket?