Do you have them at home? Some VHS tapes will fetch you a fortune these days

In today's world dominated by streaming platforms, even CDs and DVDs have fallen by the wayside. Let alone VHS tapes, which we effectively finished watching about 20 years ago.

The VCR under the TV is now almost a museum piece, but this does not mean that cassettes have completely disappeared. Many people, even not having a suitable player, he still keeps his collection. Firstly, some items have sentimental value, and secondly, it is always a pity to throw away something that works.

The cassettes end up in the trash anyway, and they shouldn't

But then such an old and forgotten cassette just collects dust. It takes up space in the wardrobe, and there is no way to recreate it. Ultimately, it ends up in the trash anyway, which, according to County Waste, a waste disposal company from Virginia, is a serious mistake.

According to the company, a significant part of the cassettes is treated as plastic. Consumers have regularly forget that in addition to plastic elements, the cassette also contains a magnetic tapewhich is already electronic waste and requires completely different procedures than, for example, beverage bottles.

Unnecessary VHS tapes must be taken to an electronic waste disposal point, and not throw it into a regular plastic bin – appeals County Waste. In the classic way, you can throw away only the casing, provided you remove the tape first.

Some could be worth a fortune

It is worth adding that before you unceremoniously throw everything into the bag, it is wise to check your collection. VHS cassettes are increasingly becoming collectors' items, and classics reach truly dizzying prices at auctions.

For example, the original copy of “Back to the Future” from 1986 was sold at auction in New York for as much as PLN 75,000. hole. (approx. PLN 294 thousand). This is, of course, an extreme case, but the prices of the first editions of classic films, which run into the thousands, do not surprise anyone in the USA anymore.