DVD Players

The VHS and Cassette Tape Recycling Dilemma

Ah, nostalgia. 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”?

Come to think of it, you probably have that Poison cassette and a slew of old VHS tapes somewhere right now, don’t you?

Earlier this year, Sony announced the last production of the cassette-playing Walkman, and DVD player sales outpaced VCRs almost five years ago.

All of these obsolete VHS tapes and audio cassette tapes, collectively called magnetic media, are actually a … read more