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万事达信用卡将在2028年前淘汰一次性塑料支付卡
据ESG Today 4月10日报道，万事达信用卡公司[MA:US]承诺在2028年前停止使用一次性PVC塑料制造卡片。万事达卡将从2028年1月1日起要求所有发行其支付卡的银行使用可持续材料，包括回收或生物来源的塑料，如rPVC、rPET或PLA材料。届时，所有新制作的卡片都将由万事达卡公司进行认证，以评估其成分和可持续声明，然后由独立的第三方审计机构来核验该认证。此外，该公司还将支持其全球卡片发行合作伙伴向淘汰原生塑料过渡。
万事达卡在2018年推出了“可持续卡计划” (Sustainable Card Program)。自那时起，80个国家的330多个发卡机构加入了该计划，并与主要的卡片制造商合作，将超过1.68亿张卡片转为使用回收和生物基材料。目前。每年大约有30亿张卡被制造，每张卡含有约5克塑料，每年约消耗16,000吨塑料。鉴于生产卡片需要多层独立的材料，大多数卡片难逃被切割成碎片后扔进垃圾箱的命运。随着人们对不可回收塑料对环境的影响越来越关注，美国银行[BAC:US]已经承诺从2023年起将所有卡片转为回收塑料，而花旗集团[C:US]也宣布计划在其企业卡组合中引入rPVC材料。
Mastercard to Remove First-Use Plastics from Cards by 2028
Mastercard [MA:US] has pledged to remove first-use PVC plastics from its payment cards by 2028, as reported by ESG Today on April 10. From January 1, 2028, Mastercard will require all banks issuing its payment cards to use sustainable materials, such as recycled or bio-sourced plastics including rPVC, rPET, or PLA. All newly made cards will be certified by Mastercard to assess their composition and sustainability claims. An independent third-party auditor will validate this certification. The company will also support its global issuing partners in the transition away from virgin PVC.
Mastercard launched its Sustainable Card Program in 2018. Since then, over 330 issuers in 80 countries have joined the program and partnered with major card manufacturers. More than 168m cards have been transitioned to recycled and bio-based materials. Currently, 3 billion cards are manufactured annually with each containing around 5 grams of plastics, consuming roughly 16,000 tons of plastics per year. As most payment cards are cut into pieces and cannot be recycled due to the multiple layers of material used in their production, there are growing concerns about the environmental impact of unrecyclable plastics. In response, Bank of America [BAC:US] has committed to transitioning all of its cards to recycled plastic starting in 2023. Citigroup [C:US] has also announced plans to introduce recycled PVC across its corporate card portfolio.
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