How to recycle CDs and DVDs

If you're 21, you can probably stop reading now. If you're a bit older and own CDs keep reading.

CDs are an example of "calendar clutter" - once-useful items that time has rendered obsolete. But what should we do with CDs rather than dump them in the garbage. Is there a way to recycle CDs and DVDs?

Other options

Obviously I'm a big fan of selling (people bought my Batman DVDs and my Abba CD) or giving away. These are both better options than landfill.

But there are discs that no-one wants. The installation disc for the printer you no longer own, the Microsoft Encarta 98 disc, the CD computer backups (pre-external hard drives), the disc of digital photos from your holiday with a friend, and self-made music CDs (the 90s/2000s equivalent of an 80s mix tape).

Unless you want to do a crafty DIY project the next best option is to recycle them. But where?

Officeworks

This is me at a nearby Officeworks, recycling a bunch of discs we've had for ages.

Out of interest, they also take pens and markers (if you're not near a Biome), batteries, mobile phones and accessories, computers and accessories, and ink toner cartridges.

Comments

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