subject: Sell CDs What to do with old discs [print this page] To recycle CDs we must obviously have a lot of old discs that we no longer use and want to get rid of. What stops us from immediately doing so is that it usually seems like a waste just throwing them in the bin when we could at least try to sell them.
Selling old CDs when we just want to get rid of them could put people off disposing of them in a good way. If we have enough time on our hands we can sell them on an auction site or to friends, but if we want a simple way to sell CDs with minimum hassle while making some cash in the process then using a recycling website is simply the best way to go.
The good way of disposing of these plastic made CDs made from oil drilled from the Earth is to recycle them in some way. Be it someone else re-using them, selling them on or if they are too damaged they can be processed an recycled.
The bad way of disposing it just taking them to general refuse site or chucking them in the bin where they will end up in landfill. Not only will they take hundreds of years to decompose, if they were processed and the aluminium and polycarbonate elements are extracted, they can be used in the manufacture of new components.
Recycling manufactured items such as CDs and DVDs prevents unnecessary wastage of energy and resources to produce new items from scratch. Saving energy equates to less greenhouse gasses being produced.
To help us with our less-than-frequent CD and DVD recycling there are a few services online which make it straight forward to do. Music Magpie pays by cheque and discs can be added to the list by entering the barcode from the original packaging. Trade Your Games pay by cheque, Paypal and BACS and games can be looked up simply by typing them in the search box where results are shown right away. Price Minister allows either a barcode or a search-by-keyword to sell CDs and DVDs and allows a custom price to be set and offers a helpful recommended price. Ebay allows full control over auction of discs and pays by cheque or Paypal.
Each service pays differently. With Trade Your Games and Music Magpie, they offer a quote upfront of what they will pay out. With Price Minister and Ebay, we control the price and the sale but may have to wait for it to sell if the price is too high or if no one wants to buy it.
