Comments on: Sony introduces a vegetal-based plastic card http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/sony_introduces_a_vegetal_based_plastic_card/ Nerds are for Dorks Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:53:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marco (Griffith) Jardim http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/sony_introduces_a_vegetal_based_plastic_card/comment-page-1/#comment-31659 Marco (Griffith) Jardim Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:55:18 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3732#comment-31659 Welcome back to ForeverGeek cliche, as always, your comments are some of my favorites :) Welcome back to ForeverGeek cliche, as always, your comments are some of my favorites :)

]]> By: cliche http://www.forevergeek.com/2006/11/sony_introduces_a_vegetal_based_plastic_card/comment-page-1/#comment-31658 cliche Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:11:47 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=3732#comment-31658 Call me a skeptic, but this looks more like a PR stunt than actual concern for the environment. I mean, how often do people throw away these little credit cards? Every year? Every five years? I guess even a little bit is better than none, but I wouldn't be surprised if the envelope and the papers that come with the cards aren't made of recycled paper. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the manufacturing process to make these PR friendly cards are even more harmful to the environment than making those "bad" cards. To be even more skeptical, I'm pretty sure that the the environmental benefits of these veggie cards don't even offset the landfills filled by exploded/recalled SONY batteries (and PCs with rootkits). Yup, a cheapshot, but I lost all faith in SONY. Call me a skeptic, but this looks more like a PR stunt than actual concern for the environment. I mean, how often do people throw away these little credit cards? Every year? Every five years? I guess even a little bit is better than none, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the envelope and the papers that come with the cards aren’t made of recycled paper. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the manufacturing process to make these PR friendly cards are even more harmful to the environment than making those “bad” cards.

To be even more skeptical, I’m pretty sure that the the environmental benefits of these veggie cards don’t even offset the landfills filled by exploded/recalled SONY batteries (and PCs with rootkits). Yup, a cheapshot, but I lost all faith in SONY.

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