How can I reuse or recycle floppy disc boxes?
We’ve had another email from our good suggesting friend, [Am]/Delusion:
Me again, I have just managed to find a company that will recycle floppy discs (as well as shred the confidential information) however now that the mass of floppies have gone I am left with several different shaped floppy disk boxes.
Any suggestions on what I could do with them?
I’ve attached a photo of three different styles of boxes i have!
We’ve got a couple of these lying around too and I’ve got one of those divider ones earmarked for that long, long, long awaited day that I get organised – I thought I could use it for recipe cards.
Any other suggestions?
We’re planning on using ours this year as small propogator-like boxes in the greenhouse.
oooh I like that, I have about four of those clear topped ones and one of them is the double sized one. Would give a good start to our seedlings! Thanks!
I have one that I use to file my fav recopies, just made some custom shaped cards and fill them up as I find things I like. A friend uses hers an a business address book, all decorated and pretty.
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It’s THAT time of year again when I’m inundated with seed packets – vegetables, flowers, sow early, sow late, front garden, back garden, allotment – I desperately need to organise them better, and floppy disk boxes would be perfect.
Could have one for each month, one for each garden, one for indoor sowings, one for outdoors… Do you have LOTS of floppy disk boxes?
These make great containers in your cupboard/pantry for spice/seasoning packets. :)
Check out this website
http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/
i did this for a health project
Apparently the size of the storage boxes for floppy discs are perfect for Polaroid storage!
I have used them to store items in my work shop. I removed the dividers, cut a 1/4″ piece of plywood to the shape of the inside of the box and added short supports under the plywood to ensure it would stand up in the box. I drilled holes in the box and put my router bits in the box. The box protects the bits and the clear top allows me to look for the right bit without even opening the box.
I haven’t found a way to reuse old floppies, but I do reuse the labels. I have a lot of labels left over.
I use them to label paper folders, label the cords on my computer and stereo.
I wish there were a cheap floppy drive I could attach externally to a Mac. I often need to carry less than 1.4 MB. Some small word processing files. Some source code. Outliner files. Lots of stuff fits in under 1.4 MB, esp. if you zip it. It’s a lot cheaper than a thumb drive or a CD. It’s easier to mail.
Been looking on line there are lots and lots of ways to recycle floppies from bags, to clocks, plant pot covers.
There is an opportunity to start a business just on recycling electronics.
People really care about the environment but don’t do much about about it.
This is a way to assist them.
Good luck!
Hi
the best use I have found is the 3.5 boxes are ideal for mini DVDs and the 5″ for the larger disks as I bought a job lot with plastic sleves.
the conventional DVD storage boxes are only suitable for loose disks as the deviders are round
Mike.g
Hi
the best use I have found is the 3.5 boxes are ideal for mini DVDs and the 5″ for the larger disks as I bought a job lot with plastic sleves.
the conventional DVD storage boxes are only suitable for loose disks as the deviders are round “mchael_41@tiscali.co.uk”
Mike.g
I have used those to store and display my tomica diecast cars collection. I arrange the car on top of its box and they fit just right inside the floppy disk case. In that way both the toy and its box are stored and displayed together and protected too.