Will someone add my old chain to a scrap metal pile and recycle it?

[ny biker]

I also have an inner tube that needs to be recycled. Is it common for bike shops to take them?

I'll have to call around

Around where I live, it's not common, but I do know a shop that collects tubes and tires for recycling. So yeah, I would call around and ask.

(p.s. to anyone in the DC area, the shop of which I speak is Conte's, both in Arlington and Betheda.)