Chances are you have a shelf of CDs collecting dust somewhere. A design studio partnered with one of the biggest names in music to make them useful. Pentatonic, a design and tech company that focuses ...

The Nimble Disc Case is an iPhone case made from 100% recycled compact discs. Yes, there is a chance that this awesome clear case is made from parts of the N’Sync, Britney Spears, or Sublime CDs you ...

Technological innovation is here to stay. With it comes the struggle to control e-waste and its assault on the environment. So the three co-founders of Nimble for Good, PBC have combined their ...

After pondering what to do with the ten boxes of DVDs and CDs in storage, I decided to try to use them as ornaments on a fence, a kind of "yard art." It is a tragedy that they are made of various ...

From “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” to “I Will Survive,” music from 1940 to the year 2000 made up the compact disc wind chime that Senior Ms. Five Hills Dawn Hale created for nursing home residents. “As I ...

The new Xbox Wireless Controller - Remix Special Edition is being released just in time for Earth Day, with recovered plastics from reclaimed materials making up a third of its physical design. It ...

Fujitsu has announced that it is building a line of laptop PCs from recycled CDs and DVDs. The green initiative reduces the need for new plastic by around 10 tons per year and cuts CO2 emissions by ...

Ahead of Earth Day later this month, Microsoft announced a new Xbox wireless controller "made partly" from reclaimed CDs, water jugs, and other Xbox controller parts. Detailed in a new blog post, the ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture.