Re: [Hidden-tech] Offer: 3 1/2 blank floppy disksIn large enough quantities, this company will actually buy your old ones and recycle them. http://floppydisk.com/recycle.htm Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Will Loving To: Hidden Tech Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Offer: 3 1/2 blank floppy disks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Really, though, I have a box with several thousand disks. How many coasters does one really need? Now if we could find a way to compost them or use them as raw material in asphalt or to replace cinder blocks, then we really be making progress. I do recall years ago reading about a fellow who insulated his house with bags of "perfora", the perforated, tear-off edge paper from tractor feed dot-matrix printers - that people mailed to him... on 6/7/11 5:17 PM, Lynne Rudié at lynnerudie at verizon.net wrote: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Claire -- this is great. But you forgot about what good coasters they make. And setting a mug of hot coffee down on an old floppy is a pretty good way to erase the data. Lynne On Jun 7, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Claire Spencer wrote: fyi - http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/reuse-recycle-floppy-disks.html 10 Ways To Reuse or Recycle Floppy Disks By Josh Peterson <http://planetgreen.discovery.com/author/josh-peterson/> .... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110608/9c74fec5/attachment.html