One of the top providers of payment cards in the U.S., CPI Card Group, is the first to market with an EMV-compliant card manufactured using a core of recovered plastic waste from land areas within 31 miles (50 kilometers) of an ocean or near a stream or river that feeds into an ocean. CPI Card Group has filed for patent protection for manufacturing processes related to handling the ocean-bound plastic used to create what it calls Second Wave cards, a name it has trademarked. CPI Card’s investment includes vetting suppliers to confirm that recycled material was recovered from areas where t...