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Old video tapes.

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Tegan2 Thu 31-Aug-17 22:31:16

Still having the neverending declutter of my house. Can old video tapes be recycled in any way? I suppose I could stick them all together, stick a wooden top on them and make a coffee table but, failing that, do I just throw them in the bin? I HATE throwing things away that will just end up in landfill sites.

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mrsmopp Mon 04-Sep-17 17:08:28

Even the charity shops won't take them now, so we took a boxful to the tip. The lads who work there were delighted as I think there's a way to transfer them on to a DVD, but I don't know how it's done.

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shysal Mon 04-Sep-17 17:18:34

The tape from inside can be used to keep birds off vegetable plants if wound around sticks. It can also be used as plant ties if loosely wrapped round a stem and stapled together at supports.
The outside boxes can be used as storage of pens/pencls or other small items. The paper cover is usually removeable.

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Tegan2 Mon 04-Sep-17 17:19:12

I have a machine that transfers videos to DVD's but I've never worked out how to use it. Most of mine are ones I've recorded myself. I do need to go through them as I did find an old documentary that no one had seen or heard of; also audio tapes of live performances etc.

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