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Burial, a body of running water or burning appear to be the proper ways of disposal of a damaged or old Quran.
It seems notable that two of those three are also how many societies dispose of human bodies. As I understand it Islam is generally against cremation of humans, but at least from my outside perspective it seems like the usage of cremation by pre-Islamic societies in the region could still lead to it being seen as respectful even if it's no longer held as suitable for humans
That said it's also kind of the exact opposite of Zoroastrian funerary practice so I dunno
So I can just fling it in a creek?
No, you have to do some additional steps like wrapping it in additional material or putting flowers or something that involves throwing even more stuff into the creek to show you care.
If you only throw one thing it is littering. If you throw a bunch of stuff in a predetermined way it is being respectful.