Barbie Goes Green (Officially)

In it's tussle with Greenpeace, Mattel is bowing down. Activists had accused the company of packing their products from hardwoods taken from rain forests and launched a well-publicized campaign against Mattel.

Now, by the end of the year, Mattel plans to use recycled material or sustainable fiber for 70 percent of its paper packaging. The company hopes to further increase that number to 85 percent by the end of 2015.


Read more about it here.

Do you think the change in Mattel's packaging will have any affect on collectors? Those of us who are MIB don't want to see packaging deteriorate or weather poorly over time.