The National Trust is swapping its plastic annual membership card for a compostable paper alternative. The card, which will be sent to over five million members, will be made from a type of strong ...

It will avoid the use of 12.5 tonnes of plastic – equivalent to two African elephants – from around five million membership cards which are issued annually, the trust said.

Province replacing paper health cards with plastic, digital options By: Kevin Rollason Posted: 1:08 PM CDT Thursday, Mar. 28, 2024 Last Modified: 12:54 PM CDT Friday, Mar. 29, 2024 | Updates ...

The NDP government made the plastic cards a key promise in last year's budget. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 24, 2025. Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press ...

Ontario Equestrian chose not to hand out cards to its 22,000 members in 2017, which cost $1.50 each (£0.89), and instead put the $30,700 (£18,262) towards funding research into equine digestive ...