With all the AOL CDs we throw away it"s good to know that someone is developing one that is more environmentally friendly. A company called Sanyo Electric is behind the new CD which they call "MildDisc". MildDisc is based on a polymer derived from corn unlike the current plastic CDs we use today.
Sanyo Electric has delayed the introduction of an optical disc based on a polymer derived from corn that was announced last year as a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic discs. The disc, dubbed "MildDisc" by Sanyo, was to have been offered to customers from December last year and volume production was due to begin in the first half of this year but this has been delayed while Sanyo refines the technology, says Ryan Watson, a spokesperson for the Osaka-based company.
"There was a concern that if the disc was exposed to heat greater than 50 degrees Celsius that it wouldn"t work properly," says Watson. "A timely topic now as the heat is blazing down on Tokyo, so the main obstacle that they are working on now is trying to improve the disc"s resistance to heat. They can easily improve its resistance to heat with a mix of material but that kind of defeats the purpose of the MildDisc."