Wed 11 Apr 2007
We’ve covered on VHS cassettes before but now Suzy has emailed asking about their now redundant solid cases:
I have some old vhs tape cases. The cases are made of a plastic shell to hold the video that is glued to a cardboard outer layer with the artwork printed on it.
I’ve pulled apart several of the cases and recycled the cardboard, but now I’m left with a stack of plastic shells (most with glue residue on the back).
Is it possible to recycle this plastic? I don’t see any recycling symbols but I’d hate to just throw them away!
There must be thousands and thousands of these things kicked about as people dumped their old videos. So any suggestions for recycling or reusing them?
(Photo by Suzy - thanks Suzy!)
Michael
April 11th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I use one as a paperback book holder when I travel. Stops the book cover form getting ripped and wrinkled in the suitcase.
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:D
April 12th, 2007 at 11:01 am
I use a nice green, ‘Bugs Life’ one as a pencil case ;)
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trish
April 13th, 2007 at 12:29 am
if its unmarked, store valuables in them in plain site, there really isn’t any money in vhs any more, so if your house was robbed.
glue them shut for small children to use as blocks.
I like the book idea,
Take them on a camping trip or boating trip, they’ll float and they’ll be water resistant.
decorate them pretty and use them to “wrap” gifts in.
store all your warrenties in them, they’re easy to file on a shelf.
give them to kids for trinket boxes.
great storage for kids stuff, stickers, pencils, crayons, etc…
fill them with beans, rice, etc, seal them and make instruments for kids.
let kids make a “time capsule” bury it in your flower garden or yard.
use it as an on the go jewelry box, they’ll keep every thing together in your suitcase.
store small candles in them, great camping idea to keep the wicks dry.
paint them like dominoes and make designs to fall…
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trish
April 13th, 2007 at 12:30 am
oh yeah, you could store pictures in them too.
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Shama Hyder
April 13th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
I used to use mine as pencil boxes!
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Nigello
April 13th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Tape 2 or 3 together, perhaps cover them, and use them as blocks for the kids or as ‘yoga blocks’ that you sit on. Or fill them with stones or sand and use them as light weights to work out with. Nigello
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erroir
April 16th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Toss them on the campfire - they make pretty colored flames!!
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andrew
May 15th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
use them to store old vhs tapes in
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Ashlyn Noble
May 17th, 2007 at 6:21 am
If you have a small local library, ask them if they’d like a donation of VHS cases, when I worked at a library we could really have used some extras =)
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Viking
May 24th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
If you have an olf-fashioned APS-camera, the cases make good containers for the film spools.
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bill
June 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
side your house with them
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Katie Doll
February 19th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
I chick made a purse out of one once, i thought it looked pretty neat.
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Phil
April 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I like to use mine to keep videos in
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Gulia
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:47 am
If someone needs more of them, ask local Blockbuster.
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