3 Reasons Why Polymer Banknotes Are Taking Over Daily Transactions

The advantages of polymer compared to paper bills

Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
The Environment
Published in
5 min readJun 2, 2023

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A polymer bill (credit: Prachaya Roekdeethaweesab on Shutterstock)

Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Polymer Banknotes: A Review of Materials, Design, and Printing Amirmohammad Rafiei, Amirhossein Karimi and Mahdi Bodaghi”. (Full citation and link available at the end of the article)

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Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
The Environment

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