Wooden Hotel Key Cards To Debut at DNC

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Aug 20th 2008 at 2:02PM

We get them whenever we travel but hardly give a second thought to all those plastic keycards from hotels. Sustainable Cards has created wood hotel key cards and they will get their big debut at the Democratic National Convention. Around 70,000 biodegradable key cards will be used in Denver hotels.. The Sustainable Cards will be emblazoned with the Denver 2008 Host Committee logo and made from sustainably harvested wood. Wooden key cards have been used in Europe for years. While it wouldn't seem like such a small item would make a big difference, switching from plastic cards to biodegradable wood can reduce plastic waste equal to the volume of seven 777 airplanes in one year. The company also plans to offer wood gift cards in the future.

Tags: democratic national convention, dnc, hotel key cards, HotelKeyCards, hotels, sustainable cards, SustainableCards

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CraziestGadgets.com Aug 20th 2008 2:40PM

but are these more likely to crack than a more flexible plastic card?

Woody Aug 22nd 2008 11:10AM

I've used wooden key cards before and they are both flexible and very durable. The average life of a hotel key card is about 3 days anyway, so durability isn't an issue, but PVC in a landfill definately is.