Ocean Plastic
Recovered
Payment Cards
Prepare for another wave in payment cards
Introducing
Second Wave®
Second Wave® is CPI’s patent pending innovation featuring recovered ocean-bound plastic. Offer your cardholders beautifully designed payment cards featuring a core made with upcycled plastic waste that has been diverted from entering the world's oceans, waterways and shorelines.
Focused on transforming plastic debris into products, CPI seamlessly integrates upcycled recovered plastic waste into the core of a high quality card that is compliant with EMV standards and dual interface capable.
Reflect the environmental interests of cardholders
According to a February 2020 CPI Card Group survey of debit and credit card users, 94 percent say they are “concerned” about plastic waste in the oceans, and 64 percent are “very concerned". In fact, 87 percent found the idea of a card made with recovered ocean plastic appealing, and 53 percent would switch to another financial institution if such a card were offered with the same features and benefits.
Appeal to the generations who are leading the charge to protect and remove contaminants from the environment, by offering a debit, credit, or prepaid debit card with a core made from discarded plastic waste.
Introduce a new program or design that embodies your sustainability commitments and captures cardholder attention, or incorporate this upcycled product into your existing designs. We can help to convert your existing design to accommodate the materials.
Second Wave® is available for Card@Once®
Instantly issue eco-focused cards in branch
EMV® and dual interface contactless capable blank white card stock featuring a core made with recovered ocean-bound plastic, is available for full-image printing through Card@Once, allowing you to simultaneously serve the on-demand needs of your cardholders while supporting sustainability initiatives.
A product that aligns with sustainability commitments
According to a recent CPI survey among debit and credit card users, conducted by an independent research firm, respondents said they
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The clean up is underway
CPI estimates that for every one million Second Wave® payment cards produced, over one ton of plastic will be diverted from entering the world’s oceans, waterways and shorelines.
Plastic pollution enters waterways
Discarded plastic bottles, bags and containers pollute and damage fragile coastal and oceanic ecosystems. Plastic can live in the ocean for hundreds of years, even longer for small particles. If there is no change in waste habits, plastic is expected to outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050.
Plastic in the ocean
The estimated amount of waste that enters the ocean annually is equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean per minute. The plastic remains whole or is smashed into particles, entangling animals or is mistaken as food by wildlife. The waste contaminates seawater and damages fragile coral reef systems.
Being part of the change
CPI is working with organizations committed to recovering and preventing plastic waste from entering marine ecosystems. Transforming this plastic debris so that it can be used again, CPI integrates this recovered ocean-bound plastic into the core of our Second Wave® cards.
From waterways to ocean
What is recovered ocean-bound plastic?
CPI defines Recovered Ocean-Bound Plastic as plastic waste collected from land areas where the plastic would otherwise be highly likely to enter the ocean.
Recovered Ocean-Bound Plastic is typically recovered within 50 kilometers of a seashore, or near streams and rivers that lead to the ocean, in countries or regions that lack adequate waste management infrastructure. CPI considers this plastic to be a subset of Recovered Ocean Plastic, which also includes plastic debris that is collected directly from the ocean.
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