The shopping cart is made of Nylon, PVC & PU. It is made of 100% recyclable plastic. All manufacturing scrap parts are reground at our factory and recycled into other products that we make which don't need virgin raw materials. Unlike the metallic shopping carts, no chrome plating processes are involved in the manufacturing of the Polycart, therefore it avoids entirely the use of chromic acid, hydrochloric acid, nickel chloride, nickel metal, nickel sulfate or sodium bisulphate and the corresponding residues. The manufacturing process of plastic injection molding involves and efficient and responsible use of water, which is only intended for the refrigeration of the moulds in a closed circuit. No toxic substance is ever dumped to the water.