You Can't Do This With Spotify: 10 Ways to Recycle Old CDs

Do you remember the first CD you ever bought? Or perhaps a more fitting question: Have you ever owned a CD, let alone know what one is? With technology advancing faster than most people can keep up with, it isn’t rare nowadays for the younger crowd to not recognize certain products that were once a cutting-edge piece of hardware. Just show a teenager what the first cell phone looked like and prepare for a mixture of confusion and laughter. Forbes recently reported, “In the first half of 2014, music streaming revenues have surpassed CD sales for the first time in the United States.” An abundance of online streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, and Soundcloud make accessing music straight through your laptop or phone easier than ever - all leading to the demise of compact discs. The graveyard of the discs that have piled up in people’s home have led some crafters to get creative. Check out what some people have done with old CDs.

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