Re-Use VHS video tapes

[darklar]

I have just cleared a big box of VHS video tapes from my loft - I can obviously recycle the cardboard slip cases - but can I re-use the tapes for anything? I have found places that recycle them (for which you pay them) - I just thought that something can be done to turn them in to something useful... ANY IDEAS? I found a site that tells you how to weave the tape into bags. Any other bright ideas?

[mrs_overall]

it's the wrong time of year but they can be used in the garden. I wrap strips of tape around the canes supporting my fruit bushes - the birds hate them and it keeps them off my soft fruits.

[excelsior]

with christmas approaching you could bunch old tape up and use it for packaging (rather like old paper or polystyrene pieces)

[Dassie]

The trouble is if you use the tape by itself ( for packing etc ) then the next person will probably just discard it and, just like plastic or fishing line, get entangled in the feet of birds or other wildlife causing suffering.