As we'll see, there are a few ways to repurpose an old CD or DVD rack, from basically calling it something different to breaking the entire thing down for parts. The storage racks were often ...

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Well, garden enthusiasts are now brushing off their forgotten Busted albums for an innovative purpose in their gardens. It's not just limited to CDs; any old DVD will also serve the purpose.

Now gardeners are saving up their old discs and giving them a fresh lease of life in the garden instead. It doesn’t have to be a CD of course - it could be an old DVD - as any shiny disc will work.

But, in theory, there’s no reason the machine couldn’t use second-hand CDs–even some of your horror choices from the ’90s. He hopes to have a full-scale application ready in a few years.

His lab, reports FastCoExist, has developed a technique for purifying water — destroying 95 percent of contaminants — using nano rods, UV lights, and CDs. Watch it in action: ...

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Birds are scared of CDs, which is why gardeners are being advised to hang their old discs around their fruit and veg to keep them from pecking and eating their crops Comments Rom Preston-Ellis ...

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