tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6787649.post-29115067432541709912008-02-15T22:40:00.000-05:002008-02-15T22:51:37.517-05:00Since I joined Netflix, I have bought about 50 videotapes of movies which still aren't on DVD. Some of my pre-recorded videotapes are worth selling or donating, but hundreds more contain TV series and movies recorded from TV (ie: every episode of Babylon 5 and Xena: Warrior Princess).<br /><br />Now that DVD has killed the VHS, what are you going to do with all those old videotapes? I don't want to dump them in the landfill, so I looked into my <a href="http://www.obviously.com/recycle/guides/hard.html">recycling options</a>. <br /><br />I was researching this issue on the Web, when I came across <a href="http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/cd/recycle/options/mvid.htm">this list of videotape recycling companies</a>. Unfortunately, they are all on the Left Coast. There is <a href="http://www.tropicalmedia.com/">Tropical Media</a>, a company in Burbank, CA, which recycles VHS, Beta, etc. <a href="http://www.greendisk.com/gdsite/Default.aspx">GreenDisk</a>, in Washington State, has a mail-in service for recycling all sorts of "technotrash", any computer-related waste, but they charge by the pound, and you pay shipping.<br /><br />Elsewhere, there is <a href="http://www.lacerta.com/recycle.htm">Lacerta</a>, in Massachusetts, but you have to call or email for a quote. Sounds like it's not for consumers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.shredit.com/weShredMore.asp">Shred-It</a> looks like just what I need. They have branches all over, and one is in Greensboro (Burlington, actually). They have a call-in shredding service, which shreds while you wait, and they shred all sorts of media, not just paper. But I still have to call or email for a quote. <br /><br />I wish I could find a more convenient way to recycle. <br /><br />What have you done with your old tapes?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6787649-2911506743254170991?l=netflixfan.blogspot.com'/></div>Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04313539170413209311noreply@blogger.com9