Well, that one would be upcycling of trash.
But from my experience of the rate of degradation of DVDs, the ones in the landfills would mostly be reduced to plastic discs, with the data-retaining material eroded away and mixed with other particulate matter
That would be destruction of antiques.
There will be hundreds of millions of aol CDs in landfills for thousands of years.
Well, that one would be upcycling of trash.
But from my experience of the rate of degradation of DVDs, the ones in the landfills would mostly be reduced to plastic discs, with the data-retaining material eroded away and mixed with other particulate matter