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What safe and responsible options are there to PVC?

April 26, 2017Options PVC responsible safe

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What safe and responsible options are there to PVC?

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• Paper: The infrastructure for recycling paper based cards already exists. Paper cards are 100% recyclable and biodegradable as long as they are not married to dissimilar materials such as laminates. • Styrene: Like paper, Styrene is readily recyclable in most municipalities but must be identified with recycle code #6 inside the chasing arrows logo. • The PentaGONE GREEN Card: Uses a bio-based plastic that is certified 100% biodegradable and compostable. The PentaGONE GREEN Card is not a PVC card! It is a unique agri-based (non-petroleum) polymer made from renewable, bio-based materials such as corn, soy, wheat, potatoes and tapioca. The material is especially designed for the graphic arts industry and is manufactured in a plant utilizing renewable energy. It is certified biodegradable and compostable by the Biodegrable Products Institute (BPI) and the United States Composting Council.