Thanks everyone for your comments, ok, back to more Eco friendly, bury the bright/look at me walk with the flashy cards on my back pack idea. I scheduled my trip back to the states for the 7Th of June so finally I can get this project underway. I will be purchasing the resins to start the castings when I get back the following week. The company in Montana sent a sample to someone in the states and it checked out ok, so I will be using them for the printing. They will print 200 decks and up, Lacquer, UV finish.
The problem with Eco friendly is the chemicals that I use that make up the plastics. I am experimenting with home made plastics.......corn starch, glycerin, vinegar, dyes, but for large scale it does not look feasible. The whole Eco friendly problem is this; it only applies to the manufacturing process, and that can have real hidden damaging consequences to the environment. Most chemicals are byproducts of other processes. The bio friendly process realeases co2 and other contaminates. Then, there is absolutely nothing bio friendly about a landfill which by laws in the states demand that the trash thrown in them can not decompose the trash but must serve as a holding facility only. Strict fines are imposed if any decomposition takes place. Well governed functioning land fills were excavated (Wisconsin) and newspaper over 40 years old was legible. The secret here is if a product is really biodegradeable do not throw it in the trash, but try getting that to pass with any success.
I will try as much as I can to go Eco friendly but, I have my limits. I might consider putting a tree seed inside every bamboo trek case and tell the consumer when it is time to ditch the case bury it instead and see what happens in a few years. That might work better and hopefully others will do the same in other projects for a real green project, not just use it as a sales pitch.
OK, now for the bad news. My friend who was working on design backed out because of work. Glad I have not put any time limit on myself to get this project flying. Any takers on this. I would consider making you a partner in this project or a cash payout ONCE it is successful on ks. Yep, risk, but if you have talent lets talk. If this is against the rules of this forum then please forget I mentioned anything about this. I will continue going it alone, and throw out ideas for your open suggestions.
Thanks for all your comments
Jon H.