Most of those billions of gift cards are made from plastic, but some retailers, like Starbucks, Apple, and Amazon, have begun to sell paper or cardboard cards, which come from a renewable source ...

Wisconsin residents told Public Investigator that a scam caller posing as a government agency official attempted to steal their personal information.

The Global Barcode Plastic Cards Market is set to grow from US$1.5 Billion in 2024 to US$2.1 Billion by 2030, ... These cards provide cost-effective alternatives to contact chip-based cards, ...

Medicare won’t call you to verify your card, and Medicare cards are paper, not plastic, and they’re free. Other scammers claim they’ll send a Medicare-approved back or knee brace if you give ...

Calls offering you a plastic Medicare card are a scam, FTC says Published: Jun. 14, 2024, 6:57 a.m. FILE - This Nov. 8, 2018 file photo shows a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook in Washington.

But different pressure to make gift cards more eco-friendly comes from a California legislative bill nearing finalization that dictates that no retailer in the state may sell virgin-plastic cards ...

Here’s something that will haunt you: You likely consume the rough equivalent of a credit card’s worth of plastic every single week, according to a World Wildlife Fund study.

If you receive a plastic Medicare card in the mail, it is not coming from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. It is likely being sent by a scammer attempting to steal your ...

You get a call from Medicare offering you a plastic card: What you should do Published: Jun. 12, 2024, 8:55 a.m. FILE - This Nov. 8, 2018 file photo shows a page from the 2019 U.S. Medicare ...