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In the ongoing effort to continue its goal to adhere to the 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, HASBRO (NASDAQ HAS) has announced its plans to eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from all new core toy and game packaging beginning in the year 2013. Eliminating the use of PVC has already begun in some packaging and the toy maker states that it should be PVC free by 2013.

"At a time when consumers have an abundance of choices, we hope our track record of innovation and corporate citizenship — including our focus on sustainable packaging and product safety — will give shoppers one more reason to choose our products during the holiday season and throughout the year," said Brian Goldner , Hasbro's president and chief executive officer.

This follows a myriad of ecofriendly changes that HASBRO has committed to including:

* Elimination of Wire Ties: In 2010, Hasbro replaced all wire ties in its packages with ties made from paper rattan or bamboo mix to reduce environmental impact. The effort eliminated approximately 34,000 miles of wire ties — more than enough to wrap around the circumference of the Earth.

* Increase in Recycled Content: In 2010, Hasbro set a goal to derive at least 75 percent of paper and board packaging from recycled material, or from sources that practice sustainable forest management, by 2011. By 2015, Hasbro plans to increase that goal to 90 percent.

* New Sourcing of Paper: Hasbro outlined an aggressive paper sourcing policy in 2011, providing guidelines for suppliers regarding sustainable paper sourcing to help ensure that paper used in Hasbro products aligns with the company's commitment to environmental sustainability. Among the policy's key requirements is the expectation that suppliers will source paper with as much post-consumer recycled content as practical and financially viable. The company has communicated the policy to its suppliers, and has made it a part of its company-wide quality assurance procedures.

I know some of you wish they did the wire tie change BEFORE Armada Unicron was released.

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I guess this all sounds fine.

Heres an idea. Vow to get the ROTF toys off my shelf so I can get the transformers prime toys in.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:For the ones who failed chemistry back in high school, PVC is the "rubbery" plastic on the toys, also known as plain vinyl. Yes, this includes the rubbery tires The hard parts are mostly made of ABS (main body), PC (any clear parts), POM and PA (used for gear, ball joints and any kind of gimmickry)

But this announcement is only about the packaging. They aren't eliminating PVC from the figures, just from the packaging.

Which begs the question: what part(s) of the packaging are PVC? Does the plastic bubble contain PVC?

Also, it's time for HTS to look at how they ship products. Even if you order one small figure, they send it in a giant box.

Good, because I generally fill up my recycle bin each week with too much plastic packaging. I'll be glad to see a reduction of unnecessary waste.

Wait, eliminating the damned twist ties only got rid of 34,000 miles of the ties? I thought I had that much on my Armada Unicron ALONE!

That being said, that was the best thing ever. I hated those damned things.

i miss those twist ties, so much easier to get off than these dame twine things and they were useful around the house too. But im curious as to what part of the packaging is pvc, id have to go with the bubbles but this might just be directed towards the games. And why just the core products, why not all products? I wonder if all this green crap has a hand in the figure quality going down in the past few years

GuyIncognito wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:For the ones who failed chemistry back in high school, PVC is the "rubbery" plastic on the toys, also known as plain vinyl. Yes, this includes the rubbery tires The hard parts are mostly made of ABS (main body), PC (any clear parts), POM and PA (used for gear, ball joints and any kind of gimmickry)

But this announcement is only about the packaging. They aren't eliminating PVC from the figures, just from the packaging.

Ok, so it seems that JelZe passed Chemistry, but failed Reading class, lol.

(Just kidding, JelZe! )


So, assuming that the PVC content is the plastic bubble (I believe it is - the rest of the package is cardboard), I wonder what alternative they will use?

GuyIncognito wrote:Also, it's time for HTS to look at how they ship products. Even if you order one small figure, they send it in a giant box.

Yes, that's true, but they make up for that big box by barely using ANY packing material!

I somewhat miss the twist ties, mostly out of nostalgia. But the paper ties do seem to be more environmentally friendly

PRO TIP: While it's harder to untie the paper than untwist the twist ties, if you take a nail clipper to the paper ties it's actually a LOT faster than the twist ties.