what to do with jewel boxes and DVD cases?

[skeith]

Those of you that use those Caselogic and other brand notebook style binders to hold cds and DVDs.... what do you do with jewel boxes and DVD cases.

I hate to toss these out. Any of you found a good way to recycle?

[bluesoul]

I gave about 500 CD jewel cases to my local library a few years ago.

Edited April 14, 2014 by bluesoul

[mikelz777]

I was pondering the same thing but not to such an extreme degree. I just purchased a couple of the Tasman/Pacific Rim 2 and 3-drawer cabinets and I will continue to store all my discs in their cases. What I'm not sure about is what to do with all of my box sets. Prior to getting the cabinets, I found that I rarely went into my box sets to listen to their contents after the initial listen. I was thinking that maybe they would get more listening time if I were to remove the cases from their boxes and file the discs/cases in the drawers. I have about 15 album-sized box sets, 11 of the "tombstone" sized sets and a handful of slightly over-sized sleeve boxes. If I end up putting the contents of the box sets into the drawers I would have to find a method to store the various sized empty boxes because I wouldn't be able to throw them away. I'd want them for their booklets and want to keep the option open of being able to have the complete box set if I ever wanted to sell them.

Edited April 14, 2014 by mikelz777

[A Lark Ascending]

I have a loft full of the things. For space saving purposes I took all the packaging out out of the jewel cases some years back, dumped the unnecessary bits (those silly cardboard slip cases), and put everything in PVC sleeves.

Stupidly I didn't send the cases directly to recycling but put them in the loft. At some point I'm going to have to get them out of the loft again and to the recycling centre.

[mjazzg]

It's the basement for mine....only about 500 so far

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Bev, I've got a few two CD sets where the teeth have fallen out. If you have any of these, would you post them when you get a minute alone in your loft?

MG

[A Lark Ascending]

No problem. PM me an address.

[ejp626]

I gave at least 50 cases to a used record store. I normally do keep cases unless I am doing a big mail out to cut down on shipping costs.

[xybert]

I went through a period where when i acquired a second hand CD i'd rip the CD to my computer, throw out the jewel case (but keep the cover insert) and store the CD on spindle. Kind of regret doing this now, especially with some of the rarer stuff. One of these days i'll get round to purchasing something better to store them in... hopefully being stored on the spindles is not doing too much damage in the meantime (they sit there untouched, not too many discs per spindle and have put a few blank discs at the bottom of each spindle). It has saved me heaps of space.

[paul secor]

Our recycling takes plastic containers. That's where mine go now.

[Hot Ptah]

My local computer store (Microcenter) sells boxes of empty jewel cases. There is a market for them. You might donate them to a local thrift store. Folks who are still burning CDs and placing them in jewel cases would snatch them up with a smile.

[duaneiac]

I would think any church or school having a charity rummage sale would be able to dispose of them for you. They could probably find some one who would be willing to buy them for a few cents a piece.

You might eve try posting them on Craigslist and see if some one whill buy the whole lot from you. Probably not for much money, but at least they would then be some one else's worry.

[JSngry]

If you'd not might indulging a slightly impish impulse, draw on them with different colored Sharpies, then bury them in a 10 foot deep hole. Go to bed that night and dream of archaeological teams centuries in the future uncovering them with excitements both imagined and not.

You can shape the future long after you've left it!

[sonnymax]

I gave about 500 CD jewel cases to my local library a few years ago.

[BFrank]

Worst packaging design ... EVER!

[skeith]

thanks guys for all of your good ideas!