Each year, billions of compact discs (CDs, CDr’s and DVDs) are produced, while millions of them are reaching our landfills and incinerators. Why are they not getting recycled? Because most people don’t know what to do with them! Please play your part in helping to save our environment by starting to recycle your old and unwanted discs today. It’s simple to set up your own compact disc recycling program in your home or office. Here’s how: you neatly collect them and send them to us.
We recycle the disc, the paper booklet and any other paper or cardboard that comes with the disc. Please separate all components prior to sending them in to the recycling center. If you shred your discs due to sensitive data, please neatly collect the scraps and send them in to the center. These plastic disc scraps can be mixed in with other un-shredded discs, but please don’t send in other shredded materials with your discs.
Please keep separate: All discs / paper material
Programs for:
- An Individual
- A Small Company
- A Large Company
- A Large Corporation with multiple locations
- A School Campaign
- A Library Campaign
- Local regional business pick up programs
If you are an organization to help save the Earth:
You can basically help us spread the word, study this website, also direct as many people as you can here. Please post or forward our information to who and where you can to help drive this campaign. If you’re local, you could volunteer at our sorting center in Salem, NH during scheduled volunteer days. If you have a website or blog or access to local press in your area, please refer them to us. Please ask people to only work with duplication companies that have pledged to recycle all their compact disc waste, by product and return materials. Please check our website to see if a company you have chosen to work with has become a registered member.
An individual:
Discs only- Choose a small location in your home, perhaps a home office or the basement.
- Place a small envelope or box there, and write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”.
- Simply take a few minutes, check your car, and other areas of your house for old, scratched, used, or unwanted discs.
- Place all the discs into the box.
- Mark the box “CDs / DVDs / HD-DVD / Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box, other than the disc box.
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place it in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only”
- If you have covers, inserts, manuals or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. Please write on it “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
When your boxes or envelopes are full, please send to:
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
Yes, the shipping may cost you a small amount, but although you may not realize it, you’ll be generating less trash, which you would have to pay to dispose of anyway. Less trash = less weight = less pickups which hopefully means fewer and cheaper trash pick ups.
Think about it…- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your Recycling companions will love you for it.
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
A small company:
Discs only
- Choose a small location in your office, perhaps in the mail area or paper recycling area.
- Place a small or large box there (depending on your use) and write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”. Send out a company memo, and have a quick recycling overview meeting.
- Simply take a few minutes, check your all areas waste discs may be, and with other employee’s areas for old, scratch, used, over run, or unwanted discs.
- Place all the discs into the box.
- Mark the box “CDs / DVDs/ HD/Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box Please write on it “CD cases here”
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only” Inserts, Covers, Paperwork
- If you have covers, inserts or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
It may makes to use small collection buckets or receptacles at each desk, and then dump them into bigger collection bins for shipping.
When your boxes or bins are full, please send to:
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
Yes, the shipping may cost you a small amount, but although you may not realize it, you’ll be generating less trash, which you would have to pay to dispose of anyway. Less trash = less weight = less pickups which hopefully means fewer and cheaper trash pick ups.
Think about it…- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic.
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your customers will love you for it. (Some may already be expecting that you’re already doing it)
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
A large company:
Discs only
- Choose a convenient location for each office area, perhaps in the mail area or paper recycling area as well.
- Place a small or large box there (depending on your use) and write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”. Send out a company memo, and have a quick recycling overview meeting.
- Simply take a few minutes, have all employees check all areas where waste discs may be, and identify all old, scratched, used, over run, or unwanted discs.
- Place all the discs into the box, or perhaps small location based receptacles.
- Mark the box or receptacle “CDs / DVDs/ HD/Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box Please write on it “CD cases here”
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only” Inserts, Covers, Paperwork
- If you have covers, inserts or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
If using small collection buckets or receptacles at each desk, then dump them into bigger collection bins for shipping.
When your boxes or bins are full, please send to:
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic.
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your customers will love you for it. (Some may already be expecting that you’re already doing it)
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
A large corporation with multiple locations:
Discs only
- Choose a convenient location in each office area, mail area and recycling areas.
- Place small recycling receptacles or large boxes in these areas. Write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”.
- Send out a company memo, and have a quick recycling overview meeting.
- Each employee should check all areas where waste discs may be and identify all old, scratched, used, over run, or unwanted discs.
- Weekly, each location’s receptacle should be collected and dumped into a larger pallet shippable receptacle in your warehouse. This is a good task for facilities management.
- Multiple locations could individually ship the boxes here to our Center, or you could collect the smaller receptacle and compile in a convenient central location of all your divisions.
- Mark the final box, receptacle or pallet “CDs / DVDs/ HD/Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box Please write on it “CD cases here”
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only” Inserts, Covers, Paperwork
- If you have covers, inserts or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
When your boxes, bins or pallets are full, please send to:
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
Yes, the shipping may cost you a small amount, but although you may not realize it, you’ll be generating less trash, which you would have to pay to dispose of anyway. Less trash = less weight = less pickups which hopefully means fewer and cheaper trash pick ups.
Think about it…- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic.
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your customers will love you for it. (Some may already be expecting that you’re already doing it)
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
A School Campaign:
Discs only
- Choose a convenient location in each school room.
- Place a recycling receptacles or collection boxes in these areas. Write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”.
- Send out an educational notice to the students about the importance of CD recycling.
- Each student should bring in all unwanted discs that may consideredl old, scratched, used, over run, or unwanted discs.
- Weekly, each location’s receptacle should be collected and dumped into a larger shippable receptacle in your storage area. This is a good task for custodian or facilities management.
- Your school could ship the collection boxes here to our center, or you could collect the smaller receptacles and compile in a convenient central location, as discussed above, and then have that shipped to us. Schools in our pick up area area can request a pick up.
- Mark the final box, receptacle or pallet “CDs / DVDs/ HD/Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box Please write on it “CD cases here”
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only” Inserts, Covers, Paperwork
- If you have covers, inserts or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
Yes, the shipping may cost you a small amount, but although you may not realize it, you’ll be generating less trash, which you would have to pay to dispose of anyway. Less trash = less weight = less pickups which hopefully means fewer and cheaper trash pick ups.
Think about it…- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic.
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your customers will love you for it. (Some may already be expecting that you’re already doing it)
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
A Library Campaign:
Discs only
- Choose a convenient location in your Library.
- Place a recycling receptacle or collection box in this area. Write on it “Recycle Compact Discs Here”.
- Post our free CD recycling poster informing people about the importance of CD recycling.
- Simply take a few minutes, check your all areas where waste discs may be, and other areas for old, scratch, used, over run, or unwanted discs. Spread the word to peolple coming in.
- Place all the discs into the box.
- Mark the box “CDs / DVDs/ HD / Blu-ray Discs only”
- If you have plastic cases such as a jewel case, or a slim case, please see if you can reuse them, or keep them for future use with perhaps another new disc.
- If broken or cracked, please collect in a separate box Please write on it “CD cases here”
- We accept all standard CD packages, cases and sleeves.
- If your CD case is a carboard and plastic combination, such as a DigiPak or similar, please tear off the plastic part and place in this box, but see below in regards to the paper.
- Mark the box “cases only” Inserts, Covers, Paperwork
- If you have covers, inserts or any other paper or paper board product that accompanies your compact disc, Please collect in a separate box. “CD paperwork here”
- Mark the box “paper only”
When your boxes, bins or pallets are full, please send to:
68H Stiles Road
Salem, NH 03079
Yes, the shipping may cost you a small amount, but although you may not realize it, you’ll be generating less trash, which you would have to pay to dispose of anyway. Less trash = less weight = less pickups which hopefully means fewer and cheaper trash pick ups.
Think about it…- You’ll generate less trash.
- You’ll be helping the very planet you live on.
- Landfills will be less filled with non-decomposing plastic.
- Incinerators will be generating less pollution that hurts our atmosphere.
- Your customers will love you for it. (Some may already be expecting that you’re already doing it)
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates
Local regional business pick up programs:
We offer Compact Disc pick-up and recovery services in the New England Area. If you are outside of a Pick up area, you can meet us at a scheduled stop on a pick up day. Contact us to request a pickup.
If you are a large quantity generator, we rent recycling bins for a very reasonable fee and offer a pick up service, very similar to most office paper recycling companies. Here’s how it works:
- Choose how many Rental bins you’d like to rent. Your rental fee includes free delivery and pick up.
- We will drop off your bins.
- Collect old, unused, damaged, unwanted, etc CDs & DVDs in your bins.
- Call us when the bins are getting full.
- We’ll come and pick them up on our scheduled route, and replace your bin with a clean, empty bin.
The rental includes (1) pick up every 8 weeks. Additional pick ups/bin swaps can be done for a fee per swap delivery, regardless of quantity of bins. Simply call us and we’ll schedule a pick-up bin swap.
If You require, we offer shredding services for businesses that require that their data be shredded and documented. We can provide locking bins to secure your discs and data, and we’ll destroy the discs back at our facility. We’ll weigh your bin, document the process, and provide you with paperwork that verifies your discs were securely destroyed.
Contact us for more information regarding this program.
If needed…
You can rent or purchase a CD shredder and CD collection boxes from one of our affiliates