cd recyling

has anyone ever heard of recycling cd's and dvd's someone told me that they could be but he did not tell me how?

It would be ok if you had a plastic buyer all lined up.
Are you sure they weren't talking about the players??

We place them with our plastic

We buy CD/DVD scrap. We are located east of Cleveland, Ohio.

Depending on your location, it may not be worth it unless you generate atleast 10,000 lbs of it at a time.

depending on the market, it is worth $.10 to $.15/lb
You want to keep the CD and DVD scrap separated to maximize the price as well. Must be clean and free of paper.

Wonder how CD/DVD's it takes to weigh in at 10,000 lbs?

doesnt sound like a big number if you say it really fast

Wow, that's a pretty big number. Think I'll stick to the scrap metal. lol

Originally Posted by c4f5

I re-use them (cd's, dvd's, etc.) to hang in fruit & berry bushes & tress to ward off birds.

really?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc go to Physical details and it it is there



A CD is made from 1.2 millimetres (0.047 in) thick, polycarbonate plastic and weighs 15–20 grams.[22] From the center outward, components are: the center spindle hole (15 mm), the first-transition area (clamping ring), the clamping area (stacking ring), the second-transition area (mirror band), the program (data) area, and the rim. The inner program area occupies a radius from 25 to 58 mm.

A thin layer of aluminium or, more rarely, gold is applied to the surface making it reflective. The metal is protected by a film of lacquer normally spin coated directly on the reflective layer. The label is printed on the lacquer layer, usually by screen printing or offset printing.

Originally Posted by Filthy

really?!

Really, really! Appearantly, they don't like the random light reflections. I wish I had thousands more. I like having the birds around to eat bugs, but want them to stay out of my fruits & berries.