Why must i be so wastefull....

Why must we burn 1mb files to CD's (700mb CD's) In my TAFE (collage for none Australian readers) course I'm currently doing i have to burn all my work to CD and also print it out. It strikes me as a bit over the top. After all i can just email it all in ITS A COMPUTER COURSE x3. Id use CD-RW's although i dont think ill ever get back my work let alone the folder i stuck the printed version in.

I remember back in school they used to encourage kids to burn things to CD to get them from home to the school. I always though it was stupid and avoided it. After all im not that old, USB thumb drives and email existed. I dont want to know how many CD's we throw into landfill each day but it cant be good. I dont throw out any of mine they are all slowly building up in cubboards. any failed write processes and ones that just didnt work to start with. Its true Bit torrent is a green tecknology the internet its self could be why do we need 2 print things all the time?

Ill get ride of my CD's when i can find a way to recycle them ive found the odd place although its not cheap to post a spindle full of 50 CDs to sydney or melbourn. Our local counel wont even give us a recyling bin yet (although we should in theory have one now as of last month).

I asked my tutor/teacher why i couldnt email my work in she never did answer but made a point next assigment of enfersing that it must be on CD and Printed....

Atleast there is CD recyling now and if nothing else ill let my sister make art out of them. There is some intresting coloured ones in there :P.

O well at least times are changing slowly :) pity though that its not sinking in quite fast enough.

For anyone interested in CD recycling I'm sure if you search around there maybe a place near you.