Any use for old Cassette tapes and VHS tapes?
 

I have boxes of old tapes. I hate to just throw them away.

The VHS are home recorded movies and tv shows.

The cassette tapes are mainly preaching but a few are music.

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Can they be recycled?

Will I need to buy a larger trash can? :girlytantrum

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Same situation here. I have a bunch of the older Christian music on cassette as well as some preaching tapes. Cant hardly bear to let them go but never have time to listen.

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Over time both VHS and audio cassettes decay. Particularly if they have not been stored in a climate controlled area. If you have any with content that is precious to you I would suggest you digitize them by burning the video to DVD's or a media file and the cassettes to CD's or media files.

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Does anybody still use cassettes, 8 tracks or CD's?

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I use CD's all the time.

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These things can be a real bear to find!

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I still have a few cassettes I listen to from time to time.
Lot's of CD's! Our church records each sermon on CD.

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I was kidding about the CD's.

Just last week I actually listened to some worship music on a cassette in our van and a couple days ago listened to a couple music CD's in our truck.

Major resurgence in vinyl though.

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If I'm not mistaken, VHS film makes a pretty good binder for tying things. Other than that...let's see. You could half a VHS casing and use a half as an ashtray...You can use it to store things in...you can use the film for arts and crafts, or (I don't personally know how this would turn out) make something like a black light disco ball? A quick google search brought up a few ideas...I rather like the bookend idea in this link...http://www.craftstylish.com/item/436...tapes/page/all
As for cassette tapes...Man be careful which ones you use, you might be ruining a classic you won't be able to find on CD...my dad has some old time pentecostal camp meeting music he lost, can't find it anywhere on CD.

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Or if you're not feeling particularly creative, you could feed em to a goat...

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Goats will not eat them... unless covered with molasses :)

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YOU would have something to say about a goat. lol.

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Thanks,
I'm saving the family events and hope to get them to DVD.

But the rest will be landfill! :bigbaby



( we still have a working VCR player and a couple cassette players but they are certainly antiques :nod )