Tell 4 Biggest Retailers To STOP Selling PVC Gift Cards

Gift cards are a convenient and popular giving choice that are big business (roughly $173 billion dollars’ worth of gift cards were sold in the US in 2021.) Unfortunately, many big brand companies are choosing to make their gift cards from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.

Vinyl chloride, the building block of PVC, is a human carcinogen and creating PVC requires the use of cancer-causing chemicals with a history of sickening workers and causing fires that are harmful to nearby communities. Vinyl chloride is the chemical that was spilled and burned in East Palestine, Ohio after the disastrous Norfolk Southern train derailment in February 2023, likely creating dioxins that will impact residents for decades.

Not only is PVC plastic not accepted by curbside recycling programs, it is also one of the most hazardous types of plastic, sickening workers and resulting in waste that the EPA is considering regulating as "hazardous".

The good news is that safe, non-toxic and fully recyclable alternatives exist! Join us in calling on Kroger, Target, Walmart and Albertsons - the four largest sellers of gift cards in the US to switch from PVC cards to either paper or digital gift cards. Fill out the form fields to contact senior leadership at these four companies now.