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CPI Card Group is committed to the environment, as proven by our extensive green manufacturing initiatives.
Wind Power
Our Colorado plant is powered by wind, making us the first and only card manufacturer in the United States to specify that 100% of our electricity is generated through wind power. We are proud that our purchase of approximately 3,500 megawatts of this clean, sustainable, renewable energy source will result in a reduction of nearly 2,500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, or the equivalent of keeping more than 435 cars off the road. We are currently exploring alternative energy sources for our Nevada and Indiana plants.
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX Membership)
CPI is proud to be an Associate Member of CCX. This certifies that our Colorado plant is Carbon Neutral, purchasing 100% wind electricity. CCX-emitting Members make a voluntary but legally binding commitment to meet annual GHG emission reduction targets.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
CPI recycles a large majority of the materials used in the manufacturing process. These materials include PVC card and sheet waste, metal laminating plates, metal printing plates, and office paper. We regrind PVC from aesthetically bad cards, which is used to make ABS pipe and Christmas trees. CPI works with a recycling company that uses regrind to produce PVC resin, which will ultimately produce recycled PVC. Additionally CPI recycles our PVC set-up stock, and we are installing a bailer to recycle the skeletons from our punch presses. When this is completely implemented, we will recycle about 97% of all the PVC material that we do not sell as good cards.
For our printing inks, we continually reduce waste by color enhancement for future use. For example, blue ink could become black ink. An environmental company that incinerates the materials manages the printing inks. As a company, CPI is also committed to recycling supplies used by our employees, such as paper, newspaper, and aluminum.
Green Materials
CPI continues to look at all new “greener” material in the market. For years we researched the impacts on more environmentally conscious materials; using this knowledge, we were the first to use biodegradable PVC (bioPVC) for plastic cards, which has been in development for several years. This 99% PVC product biodegrades in 9 months to 5 years in soil, water, compost, or wherever microorganisms are present. The product performs within all standard card parameters and has a standard shelf life. CPI has have produced millions of bioPVC cards in our Las Vegas plant.
Other green alternatives we offer include:
- NatureWorks® PLA is the world's first and only performance plastic made from 100% annually renewable resources. Clear and strong like petroleum-based plastic, yet NatureWorks® PLA can be commercially composted. This material is ideal for gift cards and other commercial card uses.
- Working with our PVC suppliers, we have developed PVC core sheets with a recycled content ranging from 25% to 100%.
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