[Ipg-smz] Recycling CDs & DVDs

[Ken Gagne]

Tom,

If the discs have non-confidential information (i.e., they're commercial in nature), you may consider donating them to the Internet Archive.

-Ken

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Tom Henderson wrote:
> Fellow Guilders,
> 
> Our local waste management district doesn't take CDs/DVDs. There are 
> rare metals inside. I can understand.
> 
> Apparently, there are some art teachers that use them.
> 
> I am about to cast off over 2000+ CDs/DVDs. Any ideas who else uses old 
> media? Not one of these is useful, unless you like XP, TechNet, and many 
> burns that my lab did over the past 20yrs.
> 
> Practical ideas appreciated.
> 
> A note: I have used them glued to old pressboard to focus sun on my 
> solar panels to optimize light reflection to the panels. This only works 
> up to the saturation point of the panel, and although I didn't hurt the 
> panel, I could've cooked it.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tom Henderson
> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
> +1 317 250 4646
> Twitter: @extremelabs
> Skype: extremelabsinc
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ipg-smz mailing list
> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org