I once had a situation where I was moving abroad and needed to find a place for my bicycle. I couldn't find anything else, so I went to a local shop that repairs bicycles and sells used ones and asked "how much would you pay for this bike of mine?"
Their answer was "nothing, really. It's not in good enough a condition", so I just asked "okay, would you be willing to take it for free for spare parts?"
And they did.
The bike didn't end up in trash – at least not completely – and a small business got supported a little bit.