Let Your Debt Biodegrade Away…
December 16, 2008 by Ellen Ewart
Filed under Green Living
Thanks to a tip from T Magazine’s Quote Unquote column, I discovered a new biodegradable credit card made available by Discover Card. Discover claims the card is made by 99% biodegradable PVC – which means 99% of the card will biodegrade in landfills, water, soil, compost, or any micro-organisms that are present. They expect this process to happen within a whopping 5 years, though don’t specify what composting conditions the card required to be able to biodegrade within that time. I also wonder what that 1% is that could potentially be sitting in your backyard compost bin, hmmm….
What do you think? Is this a genuine environmental effort on Discover’s part? Or a brilliant marketing idea to reach those eco-conscious consumers?
Photo credit: Quote Unquote
I think they mean well, as well as a major credit card company can mean that is. I’ve heard they can be pretty mean at any rate
Living in Canada I always wonder who the heck carries a Discover card anyway? It’s nice they offer the option, I’m sure the other big three will follow suit soon enough.
A problem with this is that the production of PVC releases toxins. You don’t want to live near that factory.