[TheForge] Abana Tape rentals

Sat Nov 1 03:14:00 2003

They arent making cds out of it yet, its just a plastic and I was kinda
joking, but who knows, they called it biodegradeable but mabey it isnt, at
least it wont end up round some seagulls neck...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Demon Buddha" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Abana Tape rentals


> On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 14:44:33 +1030, shannell Sugrue <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > What about the new plastic I saw on the news, biodegradeable, dissolves
> > in
> > water in minutes, that would just leave the coating, which I guess is
> > still
> > a bit nasty...
>
> You mean the silk-screened artwork?
>
> I would assume the product doesn't use the same pure nickel media
> found in CDs.  Some sort of degradable mylar?
>
> Disolving in water is not the same as biodegradable.  That is
> just water solubility.  What do these disks disolve into?
>
> Interesting idea if the resource is in fact renewable and recyclable.
>
>
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