Green Dot’s Bioplastic Street Identifier Now Available to All Global Citizen Partners
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas (PRWEB) June 16, 2016 -- When Global Citizen asked Green Dot to design a promotional product for the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in New York City, the company knew that it would have to be something special, something eye-catching, that also represent the values promoted by Global Citizen. So, Green Dot created a street identifier inspired by Chinese Feng Shui ‘good luck’ coin bracelets.
The Global Citizen red ‘O’ charm is made from a new bioplastic formulated by Green Dot from materials certified to meet U.S. and European standards for compostability. The charm is attached by a black waxed cotton cord. The charms are made and assembled in the U.S., contributing to local economies. Best of all, when the useful life of the street identifier has ended, the bracelet can be disposed in a composting environment where it will gently biodegrade.
Green Dot CEO, Mark Remmert, explained, “We wanted to create a piece to demonstrate that sustainability can be stylish. This simple, distinctive design will garner attention from across the street or around the world, but if disposed properly, it won’t linger in landfills for thousands of years.”
Green Dot provided more than 100,000 street identifiers to Comcast for the Comcast Cares event earlier this spring. Comcast employees and family proudly represented their commitment to Global Citizen as they volunteered in their local communities. The street identifier bracelets are now available to all Global Citizen sponsors and partners.
The partnership between Green Dot, Comcast and Global Citizen exemplifies the values shared by each company: working in local communities, supporting global social responsibility and promoting material innovations that can lighten our environmental impact on the planet.
About Green Dot: Green Dot serves the plastics industry and style conscious consumers with a full line of innovative bioplastic materials that can decrease our use of non-renewable resources, reduce the carbon footprint of products we use every day and, in many cases, return these products to nature at the end of their useful life. For more information, please visit http://www.GreenDotPure.com.
About Global Citizen: Global Citizen is a content and campaigning platform where people can learn about and take action on the world’s biggest issues. Global Citizen works in partnership with and supports some of the most effective organizations working to end extreme poverty. Committed to providing the most interesting stories, effective actions and powerful campaigns, Global Citizen aims to unlock the power of every individual to play his or her part in the movement to end extreme poverty in the next 15 years. For more information, visit GlobalCitizen.org and follow @GlblCtzn Twitter,Facebook and Instagram using #GlobalCitizen.
Kevin Ireland, Green Dot Holdings LLC, http://www.greendotpure.com, +1 (620) 273-8919, [email protected]
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