Also pursuant to the subject of waste

[arethinn]

I am going through the pile of stuff-we-found-lurking-which-is-to-be-got-rid-of on my other desk (the one I don't use, since it doesn't have a computer on it, and the computer is the centre of my existence, hee hee) and separating recyclables from non-recyclables. One of the non-recyclables that irks me most is all these CDs. Apparently Baker & Taylor used to ('98-'99 are dates on the discs I've seen) send out catalog updates on a weekly basis by CD. WTF? Talk about generating waste as fast as you can, especially when you consider how many libraries are their clients (probably thousands). Nowadays they sensibly do everything completely online, but sheesh. And of course I don't know what else to do with them, because unlike floppy disks they're not even reusable. Sometimes I put them through the CD/credit-card shredder we have at the Circulation desk, because I feel slightly better if they're in tiny pieces, as though that might somehow hasten their mostly-non-biodegradability. *sigh*

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[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

I bet that someone out there is collecting disks for some fantastic art project that you could contribute to.