A biodegradable disc is in the works and is made of corn!

The Japanese electronics maker said the Blu-ray optical disc, which can be written once and stores 25 gigabytes of data, is 87 percent natural polymer derived from corn and biodegrades.

“If the starch polymer is incinerated, it will not emit dioxins and any other harmful chemicals,” the company said. [AFP via iafrica.com]

I think this is for the security paranoid but environmentally conscious. They just had to bury the disc.

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