GREEN campaigners are up in arms at the idea of a new disposable technology:
throwaway DVDs. While the discs may save you the trouble of returning rental
movies to the video shop, the worry is that they could cause environmental
havoc.
The new European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment says
data-storage media—just like fridges, computer monitors and
televisions—must be recycled. But pressure group Friends of the Earth
fears that disposable DVDs will lead to piles of ditched discs, just like the
mountains of furtively dumped fridges springing up in fields around Britain.
“Anyone who thinks it is a nice idea to make…
