Read this before getting rid of your worn-out pots and pans. Carlina Teteris/Getty Images If your old pots and pans have seen better days, you may be pondering the best way to dispose of these items.

Well-worn cookware is one of many things you'll end up with after years and years of cooking. Think of your dented frying pan and super scratched-up pot as battle scars or even trophies -- proof that ...