As far as actual recycling goes, the comment posted in the CD thread about “Polymer Reprocessors Ltd” by Silver Birch is applicable.

Silver Birch wrote:

A good way to keep them out of landfill is to send them to a company that recycles them (and has recently won an Environmental Business of the Year award) although you do have to pay postage. They recycle both the jewel case and the disc itself. The case is made into a high quality polystyrene pellet that can be used in making new packaging, insulation foam or artificial wood, and the disc is made into a polycarbonate that has a number of uses, including as part of alarm boxes and motorway traffic lenses.
The company is Polymer Reprocessors Ltd, Peninsula Business Park, Reeds Lane, Moreton, Wirral, Cheshire CH46 1DW. I’m not connected with them, but I have just discovered them and am about to send all my old CDs off to them!

If they’re still useable you could put them on freecycle
www.freecycle.org, there are always people who have spindles of discs who’d like cases to keep the discs scratch free

Libraries generally accept cd cases for reuse as alot of their cases get damaged on loan. Also charity shops have a similar issue. Worth checking out.

You can make them into picture holders too: slip the picture into the bit where the cd booklet is usually kept then use the other part (where the cd lives) to be the supportive base.

You can use them as coasters to set your drink on. Great for on your desk, matches your computer decor perfectly :)

Desktop Calendars! Place the cd-holder side on the table, flip the clear cover back until it can’t go any further, and insert pages for each month.

Also, see http://www.atelier-v.ch/02.htm

The correct website name is: http://www.atelier-v.ch/umdenken/sites/02.html

they make great gift boxes for gift cards.

keep them, store dvds or cds you burn.

I see a lot of listings for them on ebay.

use them as a paint board for small crafts.

give them to kids to play with.

paint them and make a giant scrabble board.

I take old jewel cases, insert a plain or lined sheet of paper where liner notes would go, close up the case, and use them as small dry-erase boards for taking phone messages & writing to-do lists. It saves paper and reuses the jewel case, too.

http://www.johnwik.com/wik-jewel-cube.pdf

http://www.johnwik.com/digital-totemic-pole.html

I use the cd plates to hang in the berries to shine and keep the birds away.

I prime them with white color and paint on them.

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i use cd cases and other things for additives in concrete,ive found plastic bottles are great for building materials and have a good insulation value.
in fact ther is not much i cant use for making concrete,,,,

Last night, I called my local DVD rental store, and they were absoultely thrilled to get spare DVD covers as they go through them all the time. They also use the boxes (that store 2 or more holders) thats usually used for DVD series. So give ‘em a ring :-)