great to see our distant cousins finally waking up. we've (us Aussies) had plastic money for a good 15 years at least as far as i can remember..maybe more now.
its extremely difficult to tear, much cleaner, stands the strains of the washing machine if you are ever that unfortunate and generally a better product. probably cheaper to make over the life of the product too.
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