As for VHS things, i give them away to my friends
who have not watched the series yet or that have
interest on them.

As for cds, well, i don't use cdrs anymore but
DVDs, and the RW ones. I just have a limited
amount of DVD+RW with series that have not been
released yet on DVD. I just keep burned the things
that i plan to purchase when they are
licensed/released. Once i have the original thing
i can reuse the DVD for burning something else.

As for the CDs that i used to had... the ones that
i didn't gave to my friends were used by one of my
employees on his "little farm" to keep away birds
from the field (seems that the birds get scared of
shining things and used CDs are best for this
pourpouse by hanging them on trees or other places)

I guess this didn't answer your question but still
is a nice alternative ^__^