Title :
A new approach for recycling optical disks
Author :
Tomita, Hidemi ; Watanabe, Haruo ; Ooki, Hiroshi ; Ichimura, Mari ; Komine, Tetsuya ; Kashiwagi, Toshiyuki ; Naito, Masakazu
Author_Institution :
Environ. Center Eur., Sony Int. Ltd., Fellbach, Germany
Abstract :
Responding to the increase of optical disk waste, we developed a new technology for recycling disks especially for CD-R (CD write-once). This technology enables not only material recycling of the gold reflection layer and dye in the recording layer, but also reuse of polycarbonate disk substrates to produce new disks
Keywords :
CD-ROMs; optical disc storage; recycling; CD-R; dye; gold reflection layer; optical disk; polycarbonate disk substrate; recording layer; waste recycling; Aluminum; CD recording; CD-ROMs; Europe; Gold; Optical recording; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Protection; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1998. ISEE-1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Oak Brook, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4295-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1998.675048
