If you are reading this post, chances are you are involved in a political campaign, a real estate agent, a small business owner, or an event planner. The ubiquitous corrugated plastic yard sign is most likely a main part of your marketing campaign, and the one thing we all have in common is the desire to market our products and services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and socially acceptable manner. In addition, we want our marketing efforts to put our business and campaign in the best possible light.

As stewards of this planet, we should seek to avoid dangerous materials, do as little harm to our environment, and ensure that people making the products we use are treated in a humane manner.

The typical campaign yard sign is made out of 4mm corrugated plastic. This incredible material is lightweight and durable. But not all corrugated plastic is the same. Depending on where sourced, corrugated plastic can be manufactured containing dangerous substances or using poor quality plastics, resulting in a dingy-looking product. With corrugated plastic of unknown origins, it could be manufactured with slave labor or under extremely poor and unsafe working conditions.

Coroplast® is a corrugated plastic made in America by Interplast Group. Authentic Coroplast® manufactured by Interplast Group is recyclable and is manufactured without any contaminants, making it the most environmentally friendly yard sign material in the world.

Coroplast® is made with 100% polypropylene copolymers, the same plastic in milk cartons and detergent bottles. It can be recycled using existing processes and in the same recycling stream. Other corrugated plastic manufactured overseas lacks the production controls and governmental oversight that Interplast Group implements in manufacturing Coroplast® and is ISO 9001 certified.

Concerns of contaminated corrugated plastic!

Corrugated plastic made overseas may contain dangerous contaminants such as heavy metals, lead, cadmium, or even radioactive substances. Products that contain such substances can contaminate the recycling process, causing even more waste as the contaminated recycled material can no longer be used. Ironically, this contaminated material is then either sent to a landfill or sent overseas, where unscrupulous businessmen and governments reuse the contaminated plastic to make even more contaminated corrugated plastic and other industrial use plastics, increasing the totality of contaminated plastics worldwide. When you consider the China-sourced drywall problems in the early 2000’s, is it worth the risk?

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Interplast Group is an American-based company, and Coroplast® is made in Canada. Using Coroplast® assures you that the workers are treated fairly and work in a safe environment. Buying from American companies and North American-made products helps us all by creating jobs for fellow Americans and Canadians. Buying corrugated plastic from overseas where the product may be manufactured by slave labor or in woefully inadequate factories might save you a few dollars, but it employs no Americans and does not help America become stronger.

Using low-quality corrugated plastic can reflect very poorly on your business or campaign. The print quality of yard signs can be adversely affected by poor color consistency of the corrugated plastic. Uneven surfaces and inconstant material quality can make your skin look dirty and dull.

We print on calibrated systems that include the substrate color and reflectivity as part of the formula. When the substrate color and reflectivity vary from sheet to sheet on low-quality corrugated plastic, the colors of the printed product will also be inconsistent, and potential customers or voters may question the quality of your work. Most importantly, when the cheap corrugated plastic starts with a dingy white appearance, any white border and white contest will be old and cheap. Customers will notice, and it will ultimately reflect upon their perception of your business or campaign.

Good Guys Signs exclusively uses Coroplast® brand corrugated plastic to ensure that not only is your business or campaign shown in the best possible light with good whites and consistent colors but also a peace of mind that you did no harm to the environment, customers, or workers with your purchase.