Can DVD discs be recycled?

Question

Is there anything useful I can do with the dvd/cds that come free with newspapers etc? I usually end up putting them in the bin.

Answer 1

anything can be recycled take them to any place that recycles all the other stuff

Answer 2

They can be used as bird scarers in your vegetable garden.  A lot of birds don't like anything shiny that flaps around.

For the past few years my parents have had several DVDs on pieces of string above some of the vegetables - the wind catches them, making them spin and sparkle - and it has very effectively kept the birds off.

Answer 3

DVDs and CDs contain a thin layer of aluminium, so they can't be recycled as plastic. There's a company called Polymer Reprocessors who recycle them though:

http://www.polymerrecycling.co.uk/cd.htm...

Just send them the discs and they do the rest (they accept small quantities of discs too - I sent a stack of magazine freebies off to them a while ago).

Answer 4

Yeah i think dvds or cds can be recycled if erase the stuff on them and burn it. Well thats what ive seen a guy do

Answer 5

i think so because you can recycle plastic right. And cd's are plastic.