Breed Media is committed to helping the environment

"Media replication goes ecological" MusicTech magazine

Breed Media's CD, DVD & vinyl manufacturing is ISO14001 certified, all paper & card used is FSC certified we are CarbonZero CD & DVD manufacturing company, via the award-winning CO2 Balance. We use scientific data to calculate the embedded carbon emissions of our CD and DVD products & packaging, and offset an equivalent amount of CO2 by investing in 100% additional carbon-offsetting schemes with immediate & many secondary benefits to communities, that simply would not happen unless we paid for them. See what we invest in by clicking here. Our premises is also 100% carbon neutral and powered with green electricity, and our business travel emissions are also offset.

Rest assured we will NEVER add surcharges to our products to cover the cost of these offsetting projects, they come straight from our profits. Our prices for CD, DVD & Vinyl manufacturing are and will remain the most competitive around.

Eco-friendly innovations available from Breed Media

We have an ever-expanding range of eco-friendly product innovations, from simple recycled card packaging, to more complex 100% post-waste recycled plastic packaging, to optical disc innovations including:

EcoDisc - an amazing innovation, EcoDisc is based on the standard DVD5, having the same capacity and usability but crucially:

EcoDisc is 100% Recyclable
EcoDisc is 100% Flexible - virtually unbreakable
EcoDisc has 99.9% playability - same as DVD5
EcoDisc produces 54% less Carbon Footprint (in manufacturing, raw material, glues)
EcoDisc produces 50% lower Carbon Footprint/Energy balance in transport
EcoDisc uses 50% less raw materials
EcoDisc is 50% lighter (only 8 grams)
No Non-Biodegradable polymer used
EcoDisc has a 200 year life span
EcoDisc has 4.7Gb capacity (5.4Gb under development)
EcoDisc DVD Video and Rom formats available
EcoDisc is a perfect choice for large-volume runs, drastically reducing the environmental impact compared to standard DVDs. Large businesses and publishers are fast making EcoDisc their new darling.

PaperFoam is a new packaging technology that is paper recyclable and biodegradable when composted. It is used to make trays for CD and DVD digipaks, making the whole digipak 100% recyclable. Its benefits include:

An environmentally friendly alternative to plastic
Manufactured in a patented, one-step injection moulded process using a starch-based fibre material.
Available in various colours; can be embossed and printed
Provides dust-free, scratch-proof product protection
Meets European compost-ability testing protocols from Organic Waste System (OWS)
PaperFoam trays and recycled paperboard can replace a standard CD jewelcase or DVD Amaray case: half the weight (good for shipping) and less CO2 emissions to produce.

Ways in which our products are combating climate change

Eco-conscious disc manufacturing:

ISO 14000 & 14001 compliant CD, DVD & Vinyl manufacturing
100% Re-use of scrap polycarbonate salvaged from CD & DVD replication

Eco-conscious printing:

Sourcing of paper stock from FSC Compliant (Forestry Stewardship Council) mills and printers
Wood fibre procured within the Sustainable Forest Initiative guidelines: every acre harvested is reforested - 400 Million tree seedlings planted each year.
Paper products are typically recyclable, compost-able, and under the right conditions biodegradable
No wood from old-growth or endangered forests
Vegetable based inks
100% alcohol-free printing
No Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from inks or coatings, and use of quick dry glues with Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) being eliminated
Collection and recycling of paperboard, inks, coatings and other waste from printing processes
60,000 tons of paper and board shipped from one supplier alone to recycler in one year