CDs and their cases are made of plastic, so tossing them in your recycling bin isn’t the best course of action for those you don’t want any more.
You could pass on your unwanted CDs to family and friends, take them to a charity shop, or sell them online or at a car boot sale. What you’ve grown tired of, could be a gem of a find for someone else!
However, if you are recycling your CDs, keep in mind what’s on them. In some cases, it might be worth erasing the contents of your old CDs before shipping them off in case there’s anything on there that you don’t want someone else to see.
You can donate CDs to any of our 18 recycling centres across Greater Manchester that help stock our three Renew shops and our online Renew Market selling pre-loved household items at affordable prices
The aim of the shops and online portal is to reduce waste, reuse unwanted items and increase recycling rates. Many of the items donated by residents would have otherwise gone to waste.
Here’s where you will find a Renew shop:
So far, residents have raised more than £1million for local good causes by donating their unwanted household items and buying second hand instead of new through the Renew project.
All the money raised by the shops will go to support local communities through two Greater Manchester initiatives. Each year money raised through sales made in the Renew shops will be donated as follows:
You can also take reusable CDs, DVDs, console games, blu-rays in their original cases to a recycling centre – put them in the media bank.
Any damaged or incomplete discs, CD/DVD copies, cassette tapes that no longer work can go in your general waste bin or the general waste container at your local recycling centre.
