Continuing Efforts for Greener Cards

Here, we continue to chart the efforts of physical card manufacturers to work towards a greener future.

Recycled

MCT Cards & Technology, the largest card manufacturer in India, is a division of Manipal Technologies Limited set up in 2008, in a joint venture with Chanwanich Security Printing Company and Thomas Greg & Sons.

MCT Cards has launched a recyclable cards programme, where issuers can now produce cards made out of 99% recycled plastic, known as rPVC (recycled polyvinyl chloride) which in turn can again be recycled, thus further reducing carbon emissions. rPVC comprises used plastic from industrial waste, PET (polyester) bottles, and ocean and sea waste which is recycled according to ISO standards.

The company is also in talks with issuers and existing customers to streamline a process to collect old plastic cards and recycle them through incentives schemes.