Tropical Media Video Tape Recycling Information...

Movie Screeners, B-Rolls, Old Footage, Surveillance, and it's all on tape. VHS, Three-Quarter, Beta-SP, Digital Beta, D2. You've used the cassettes, now what do you do with them? You can let them sit on your shelves until they crowd you out of your office, or you can throw them in the trash where they'll be taken to a landfill, and stay there forever. But there is a solution that's profitable for your business and our environment, that solution is called Tropical Media.

Tropical Media was created in 1995, to deal with the growing problem of unwanted videocassettes. One VHS tape takes one-sixth of a gallon of petroleum to make, and video duplicators process 20 million of them a month. That's 3 million gallons of petroleum. If all the new tapes imported into the U.S. last year where stacked one on top of the other, it would reach in excess of 6000 miles. Therefore without recycling, the plastic of video cassette will never degrade, meaning more landfills on an already overburdened environment.

Tropical Media has turned what used to be trash into recycled tapes that are often as good as a cassette fresh from the manufacturer. Unlike many tape brokers, we're as concerned with the quality of your picture as we are with video wastes effect on the environment.

Tropical Media works for you through out the recycling process. First, you may ship your unwanted video tapes directly to Tropical Media, no minimum required and free of charge. Or if your tapes are all over the place you may choose to use our convenient recycling bins and free pick up service. Our trucks are in route daily to major studios and duplicators, all of whom want to get into the recycling act.

Most of the video stock that Tropical Media gets are professional quality, it's been recorded on, but never watched, If the video shell is damaged, we'll place the tape in a new one. Quality control is there every step of the way. We're checking audio and video levels on machinery that meets stringent industry specifications. Our process eliminates such problems as drop-outs.

So instead of cluttering up the environment, our evaluated tape stock is now ready to be sold to you at a substantial discount, in all major labels and format. All tapes are certified to be error-free. Every tape from Tropical Media carries a 100% replacement guarantee.

Since it's beginning, Tropical Media has saved our environment from over one thousand tons of such materials as plastics. Stainless steel and aluminum an average of fifteen pieces per minute, We recycle everything, including the boxes that the tapes are sent to us in.

Tropical Media's commitment is now spreading throughout the entertainment and video duplicating industries. We are dedicated to making your video tapes live on, as well as our planet.

To learn more about video tape recycling please call or contact us:
Tropical Media Inc.,
3133 West Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91505

Toll Free: 800-650-1616
Phone: 818-955-8818
Fax:818-955-8838
Mon. - Fri. 8am-5pm PST