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Plastic
card printing is typically done on polyvinyl chloride, a thermoplastic
(not a true plastic) most commonly known as . . . PVC!
That's right. Before you start cutting up old pieces of white
irrigation pipe to make gift cards from - keep in mind that the process
for making a plastic card are a bit different than those of making a
piece of backyard pipe!
However, new composites are reaching the market. You can learn more
about plastic card printing and emerging materials from
http://www.my1stop.com where they stay on top of all things plastic
cards!
You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about PVC at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride.