There are many different storage alternatives for your CD collection. The factors for storage include how many CDs you own and how long you plan to keep them. Below , you will find several alternatives for storing your CDs:1. CD jewel casesYou have probably owned these before , as they are the most common. They can hold your CD cover art and are very easy to line up on a shelf. Keep in mind that they do break rather easily and they take up quite a bit of space.2. Plastic CD sleevesPlastic sleeves are cheap and thin , so they are easy to afford and easy on shelf space. Since they are so thin , they obviously don’t offer a lot in terms of protection. For long term storage , they generally aren’t recommended. 3. Paper sleevesFor short term storage needs , paper is very cheap and doesn’t use much space. Similar to plastic sleeves , paper is thin and doesn’t offer very much protection.4. Paperboard sleevesPaperboard sleeves are much thicker than paper so they will protect your discs. They are also inexpensive , although they can be hard to seal.5. Tyvek CD sleevesTyvek sleeves are cheap and they don’t take up a lot of space. For long term storage , Tyvek is normally recommended. 6. CD-ROM disc casesThese types of cases can hold a lot of CDs in a small space and they may even help to keep out dust. They do however , make reading labels a bit hard , they keep CDs out of site , and they will take up a lot of space.7. CD spindlesSpindles are cheap and they hold several hundred CDs in a small stack. Sorting through them is hard if you need one specific disk , which makes it something that isn’t normally recommended.