Recycle your CDs and DVDs at Best Buy

Although Best Buy's recycling page doesn't mention it, you can indeed recycle CDs and DVDs at Best Buy stores!

I first read about this recycling opportunity in Best Buy press release about its new trial e-waste recycling program. So yesterday, I stopped by a Best Buy store for the first time in years -- and found that a three-section recycling bin at the front of the store takes not just the usual cellphones and ink jet cartridges, but CDs and DVDs too.

So I duly dropped off a big stack of CDs into the bin. The sign on the bin says "drop off or mail" -- but the mail-in option only exists for the cellphones. To get rid of your CDs, you will need to go to your nearest Best Buy.

Find recycling this stuff a hassle? Just keep a little box in your closet or under your bed, and throw in your cartridges, small gadgets, and rechargeable batteries as they become obsolete. Let them collect -- it's not as if the stuff's organic garbage that'll go bad -- and make a recycling trip once or twice a year.

Photo by Siel

Comments

[Recycling Guru]

Best Buy is making money on these items by selling them to remanufacturers or recyclers. So you could be making money by sending your cell phones and inkjet cartridges to remanufacturers who will pay for the items. Planet Green has a GREAT fundraising program where you can ship them your inkjets and phones and they write you a check within 7 business days. www.planetgreenrecycle.com