what to do with old software discs?

Perhaps when looking to dispose of older software or hardware

that gear may be useful to those who are stuck with using older

Mac hardware. A good place to donate may be an AASP or Apple

Authorized Service Provider; who usually repairs old Macs too?

[I've an unused Apple Extreme 56K which was refurbished, direct

from Apple; it was a spare, but never taken out of the box. Also

have an Airport card for iMac G4 1.25GHz too, new; & put back..]

Options are fewer in climate-compromised Far North.

If you have no use for them, and no one to donate them to, then recycle.

Microsoft deactivated the retired Office suite license servers that validated license keys. That would prevent one from installing the old software packages on different hardware and activating it — in my opinion. Probably, Adobe has done the same. What you have now may just be drink coasters.

Licenses don't evaporate. remember you can reinstall and re-licence apps with the same number you paid for.