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Sanyo develops corn-based CDs

October 22, 2003

PCWorld reports that Sanyo has developed a corn-based polymer that can be used to make biodegradable CDs, DVDs and Mini-Discs, that will go on sale in December. Current cost is 3x that of standard discs, but Sanyo estimates that it can bring down prices to 1.2x with volume productions.

Read the entire PCWorld article:
Could Your CD Contain Corn?