Even if you’re not the most tech-savvy—if your VCR is second only to your cassette Walkman, which you use while writing letters with a feather quill—you probably have some old VHS tapes you don’t watch. Lifehackery has a few suggestions for recycling them, including:

“The film or tape material of an old VHS cassette is a great material for insulation... you can use the tapes as material to stuff double-walling with in case you run out of insulating foam. Once you scrunch up the tape, the air pockets in between the tape folds work well to preserve and retain heat inside a room in your house. While VHS tape can warp over time and under extreme temperatures, they can withstand most winter temperatures.

For VHS film to be a good insulator, you need a lot of cassettes. VHS film as insulation material works best on interior walls. VHS film tends to warp when used as insulating material for roofs. You can also use old spools of VHS tape as packing material for fragile cargo in case you run out of packing foam pellets.”