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An environmentally-friendly credit card?
The newest breakthrough in the manufacture of credit cards is a resin called MAZIN, a biodegradable substance that includes corn by-products. Credit cards made of MAZIN, when introduced into a composting environment, will totally disappear in three to five weeks. Normal credit cards, produced by the billions, are composed of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), the same material used in plumbing pipes, IV bags and diaper liners, and are non-recyclable.
The University of Nebraska, Gemplus, Corn Card International (CCI) and Digicard have coupled to impact the environment in a positive way, leading the industry into the 21st Century.
This new technology has been developed by the University of Nebraska, in conjunction with CCI, who holds the trademark and distribution rights for the commercial use of MAZIN. Digicard (www.digicard.co.at), a Vienna, Austria-based manufacturer, is one of several companies experimenting with printing the cards.
Gemplus (www.gemplus.com), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions and a major card manufacturer, is joining hands with CCI in anticipation of obtaining exclusive distribution rights for use of MAZIN in cards for North America and beyond.
The biodegradable credit card is not available to consumers yet, but is certainly the wave of the future.
