What to Do with all those AOL CD's

Everybody has a cause. Some folks are all about saving the whales, the trees, and eight-track tapes. Others want to ban the bomb, rap music, or extra-large stretch pants.

Today's FamilyFirst site has its own cause, NO MORE AOL CD'S!

Hey, I was an AOL'er a long time ago. I picked up several writing gigs there, as a matter of fact. But is it just me, or are those AOL CD's seen everywhere?

No, I don't think it's just me. They come in the mail, they sit by the register at the 7-11, they come with your new PC, they seem to materialize out of thin air.

Today's FamilyFirst site is called CBC's What to do with those AOL CDs Its mission seems pretty obvious, but here it is in detail:

If you have an address, you’ve found CDs in your mailbox, offering three months of free AOL service. They’re not recyclable and most wind up in landfills — where they don’t degrade for hundreds of years. People are inventing some creative ways to deal with the situation.

It really is a problem. They make for lots of trash that is completely useless. Of course, the CD manufacturers don't mind a bit. But when energy prices continue to skyrocket, and landfills are getting stuffed, it would be nice to throttle the millions of CD's that find their way into our homes and offices.

Anyway, have fun reading the article.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/home/aol_discs/

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