craftgrrl | Recylcing/Crafting audio cassettes (Reply)

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So I'm really bothered by lots of things in my home that I don't use anymore, but that I hate to throw away because of environmental guilt (i.e. used pens, used mascara containers, nasty shoes I can't donate anywhere).

But the one thing that's bugging me lately is all the old audio cassettes and cases I want to get rid of, or reuse, but I can't figure out how. I've thought about taking all of them to a music resale shop, but looking at my sorry collection, I don't really think I'll get anywhere.

I'd totally be willing to mail these old tapes somewhere to be recycled if such a place exists (I had read about some project somewhere that accepted old videocassettes for recylcling, so I'm thinking along these lines...). Alternatively, any crafting ideas for these tapes and their cases? I've got about 100 just taking us space and driving me crazy, but there's no way I can just chuck them in the trash.

Thanks!