Thrift stores don't want a ton of old paper. There are a lot of things that someone somewhere would probably like but I'm not going to track them down or get them there. Mostly it's not magazines anywway. It's a bunch of articles I ripped out over the years.
The one thing I have in my garage I know someone would want is a big pile of laserdiscs. But, again, a thrift shop (or my library) wouldn't want them and I live pretty far out from a major city. Probably will try Craigslist post-winter though as I'm trying to declutter.