Comments on: Discover’s New Biodegradable Credit Card http://www.greenstudentu.com/eco_lifestyle/discover_new_biodegradable_credit_card.aspx Green Student U Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Collins Pt. http://www.greenstudentu.com/eco_lifestyle/discover_new_biodegradable_credit_card.aspx/comment-page-1#comment-46239 Collins Pt. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:21:34 +0000 http://www.greenstudentu.com/?p=2491#comment-46239 Biodegradable plastic and packaging is a modern necessity for our ever-endangered environment. Now PLA has been used to line the indoors of Paper Cups in place of the oil based lining additional usually used, create Plastic Cups, Plates, Carrier Bags, Food Packaging and even Nappies. <a href="http://www.bio-tec.biz/" rel="nofollow">Eco Pure</a> is our proprietary blend of organic materials that does not modify the base resin to which it is added. <b>Thanks a lot for your information</b> Biodegradable plastic and packaging is a modern necessity for our ever-endangered environment.
Now PLA has been used to line the indoors of Paper Cups in place of the oil based lining additional usually used, create Plastic Cups, Plates, Carrier Bags, Food Packaging and even Nappies.
Eco Pure is our proprietary blend of organic materials that does not modify the base resin to which it is added.

Thanks a lot for your information

]]> By: Mike Schade, CHEJ http://www.greenstudentu.com/eco_lifestyle/discover_new_biodegradable_credit_card.aspx/comment-page-1#comment-5021 Mike Schade, CHEJ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:26:44 +0000 http://www.greenstudentu.com/?p=2491#comment-5021 Thanks for the post Trish. Finding a greener credit card can be a challenge. Unfortunately in this case of "biodegradable" PVC, the only green thing is the greenwashing going on. PVC is the most toxic plastic for our health and environment. PVC is an inherently toxic plastic, due to the highly hazardous chemicals that are used in its manufacture, use and disposal. These chemicals include vinyl chloride, ethylene dichloride, chlorine gas, dioxins and furans, mercury, phthalates, lead and cadmium. There's no safe way to make PVC, even by trying to make it "biodegradable". A better option would be a credit card made out of recycled PET (RPET), or biobased plastic. Thanks for the post Trish. Finding a greener credit card can be a challenge.

Unfortunately in this case of “biodegradable” PVC, the only green thing is the greenwashing going on.

PVC is the most toxic plastic for our health and environment. PVC is an inherently toxic plastic, due to the highly hazardous chemicals that are used in its manufacture, use and disposal. These chemicals include vinyl chloride, ethylene dichloride, chlorine gas, dioxins and furans, mercury, phthalates, lead and cadmium. There’s no safe way to make PVC, even by trying to make it “biodegradable”.

A better option would be a credit card made out of recycled PET (RPET), or biobased plastic.

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