7/25/2023 0 Comments Inside of a vhs tape![]() The Mylar tape is actually hazardous due to the metals on its surface.įriedman says products with profitable metals, like cell phones and computers, are often easier to find recyclers for, because of the money that can be made from the materials. The tape inside is made from #1 plastic but is coated in a few different metals, making it difficult to recycle. The outside case of the VHS tapes is made from #5 plastic (polypropylene). “The outside casing is made from different types of plastic and that can be recycled it’s the Mylar tape that really can’t be,” he says. ![]() “One of the bigger problems is that there’s this massive amount of VHS tapes and there really isn’t a great solution for recycling them,” says Mickey Friedman, COO for GreenDisk, one of the largest e-waste recyclers in the U.S.įriedman says it’s been hard for the company to recycle all of the pieces associated with magnetic media. Why is it so difficult to recycle VHS tapes? ![]() Photo: Kirill ReinhartĬome to think of it, you probably have that Poison cassette and a slew of old VHS tapes somewhere right now, don’t you?Īll of these obsolete VHS tapes and audio cassette tapes, collectively called magnetic media, are actually a huge waste problem. Remember putting on those neon pink legwarmers or rolling up the sleeves on your white blazer and rocking out to that Poison cassette tape? Or pressing record on your VCR to catch the latest episode of Charles in Charge? Obsolete audio cassette tapes and VHS tapes pose a problem for many recyclers.
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