Free DVD & CD Recycling

Discs | Cases | Printed Materials

Recycling discs and casesCD-ROM Services offer an environmentally friendly DVD and CD recycling service in which cases, printed materials and the discs themselves are all recycled.

Process: The discs are sent to a facility where the metallic coating is removed and the substrate (the plastic type material) is then recycled. The CD cases are recycled with other plastics and the paper is given to paper recyclers for processing.

Cost: This service is completely free.

Bring your discs to:
CD-ROM Services Pty Ltd,
Shop 2, 66 Berry Street, North Sydney 2060.

All we ask is that you separate the discs from their cases and printed papers before bringing them to us.

In Victorie we suggest http://www.gramdestruction.com.au/index.htm.

 

If you have a larger quantity, (over 1 box), don’t waste resources by first sending to CD-ROM Services Pty Ltd at 66 Berry Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, http://www.cdroms.com.au/cd/recycle.html, but rather send directly to Australian Plastics Reprocessing, at 7 Benley St, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164.

We also ask that you use common sense in recycling materials. If the environmental cost of sending the materials for recycling seems to be greater than the environmental saving of recycling the discs, perhaps the wisest choice is to just add them to your garbage. The disc material is very inert and unlikely to do any damage to the ground water etc.

If you are able to drop the discs on your way through North Sydney, then you are being practical. However I doubt if the environmental saving of recycling discs is greater than the fuel used by the courier or posting the discs. Be sensible. Don’t waste fuel, post or courier resources sending discs. Rather drop them off when passing by yourself, or when you have another delivery to North Sydney or Wetherill Park.

We will gladly accept your cases and printed separated inlays for recycling. However the cases that have a recycling logo and paper can be recycling through your domestic plastics and paper service, saving fuel bringing them to North Sydney.

We often are given CD, DVD and Blu-Ray cases that are in good condition, some with stickers, that are usable and available FREE only by visiting our shop, which will save us sending them for recycling, and save you money.

 

Data / disc destruction service

Although the CD and DVD recycling process (described above) will destroy the disc, it is not completely secure.  If the data is highly confidential we recommend using our disc destruction service, prior to recycling. All data on your discs will be destroyed on site (making them completely unreadable) BEFORE they are sent off for recycling.
The destruction can take place in your presence.

However please phone (02) 9954 9885 or email us at info@cdroms.com.au to book time.

Process: The discs are passed between two knurled rollers (rollers with little bumps on them) that pierce the reflective layer at the top of the disc, and roughen the bottom layer, making the disc unreadable.

Cost: $0.50c per disc. A reduction is available for larger quantities, please ask us for a quote.

Green before it was fashionable

CD-ROM Services have been environmentally aware, long before it became fashionable. How...

  • A green voice: Our director Bernhard Kirschner has presented papers at IDDA - (The International Disc Duplicating Association) conferences in the USA suggesting methods and promoting the advantages of ecologically sound operations to duplicators internationally.
  • Green cases: We have a range of "GREEN" cases available for little if any additional cost to our regular CD & DVD packaging range. These cases are made with materials that are more easily recycled, and/or less material has been used in manufacturing process.
  • Recycling bags: We have always packed small jobs in recyclable brown paper bags, or re-used the disc packaging (boxes).