Recycle old CDs: 7 brilliant tricks

You shouldn't throw away your old CDs and DVDs immediately, but rather recycle them. In this practical tip, we have 7 brilliant tricks for you.

Recycle old CDs - so you get the best out of it

Note: Before following these tips, you should delete the old CD.

• Handicrafts: Cut old CDs into small pieces and stick them on a cardboard as a pattern.
• Painting: You can also paint creative designs on the CDs or print them out from the Internet and stick them on the CDs - for example, they are suitable as coasters for drinks.
• Lamp jewelry: Put several CDs or DVDs into each other and hang them around a lamp for stunning lamp jewelry.
• Decoration: Hang several CDs and DVDs on a cord and hang them in your room. The light can be used to achieve beautiful optical effects.
• Photo frames: Are "normal" photo frames too boring for you? Cut the CDs here again into small pieces and simply stick them on the picture frame.
• Christmas decorations: If you couldn't get a Christmas tree, just stack the CDs like a kind of pyramid and put colored lights in the middle - done!
• Jewelry: You can also use discarded CDs and DVDs as jewelry accessories. Small cut and glued on, for example, are ideal on the crease of a shirt.

We will show you in the next practical tip how you can save the data from old CDs and DVDs.