Eco Friendly Toys - Wooden Balance Boards
Eco Friendly Toys
Our shop contains beautiful, eco friendly toys made from wood, natural rubber and other plastic free materials only from carefully selected, trusted brands who responsibly source their materials and don’t use plastic in their packaging. We hope that you and your children will love our range of sustainable toys here at Envirotoy. A wooden toy can be a beautiful gift for a child which will last a lifetime but will be a lot kinder to the planet for future generations. Happy Children; Happy Planet!
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- Bajo Wooden Wall Abacus – Type B
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Selected Eco Friendly Bowls and Bottles
Eco Friendly Toys - What Are They To Us?
Plastic Free
First and foremost all the gorgeous toys in our shop must be 100% plastic free. This does also count out recycled plastic toys. We think it’s really great that old bottles and straws, for example, are being used for something lovely like making a toy, however at the end of the recycled toys life it will still be an environmental problem due to the issue with recycling toys – for this reason, we have decided to go 100% plastic free.
Sustainable
It is very important that we understand where the material, whether that be wood or rubber, is sourced from in the lovely eco friendly toys that we sell. For example, UK made products would likely be FSC, while products from developing countries are often made using a sustainable Rubberwood source. We won’t stock items where the materials have no provenance. Click here to find out more about sustainability in the toy industry
Faitrade
We sell toys that are made in the UK, Europe, USA and also less developed countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia. When sourcing a product from a country such as Sri Lanka or Indonesia, we ensure the company operates with Fair Trade values – this ensures that the people and communities get the opportunities, development and wage that their skills deserve. Click here to find out more about Fair Trade values within the toy industry
Biodegradable
Biodegrading is the process of material being broken down naturally over time by natural organisms like bacteria. This is something that cannot happen to the majority of plastics. Sunlight will break plastic down into smaller and smaller pieces over time but it will never disappear – unfortunately, these tiny pieces of plastic will pollute our food chain and ecosystems in ways that we struggle to see.
A material like wood on the other hand, will biodegrade. In certain circumstances like in landfill this could take up 13 years, however, it will completely degrade to leave no trace and re-enter the natural cycle of the planet. (providing any paints used are also natural).
Plastic Free
First and foremost all the gorgeous toys in our shop must be 100% plastic free. This does also count out recycled plastic toys. We think it’s really great that old bottles and straws, for example, are being used for something lovely like making a toy, however at the end of the recycled toys life it will still be an environmental problem due to the issue with recycling toys – for this reason, we have decided to go 100% plastic free.
Sustainable
It is very important that we understand where the material, whether that be wood or rubber, is sourced from in the lovely eco friendly toys that we sell. For example, UK made products would likely be FSC, while products from developing countries are often made using a sustainable Rubberwood source. We won’t stock items where the materials have no provenance. Click here to find out more about sustainability in the toy industry
Faitrade
We sell toys that are made in the UK, Europe, USA and also less developed countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia. When sourcing a product from a country such as Sri Lanka or Indonesia, we ensure the company operates with Fair Trade values – this ensures that the people and communities get the opportunities, development and wage that their skills deserve. Click here to find out more about Fair Trade values within the toy industry
Biodegradable
Biodegrading is the process of material being broken down naturally over time by natural organisms like bacteria. This is something that cannot happen to the majority of plastics. Sunlight will break plastic down into smaller and smaller pieces over time but it will never disappear – unfortunately, these tiny pieces of plastic will pollute our food chain and ecosystems in ways that we struggle to see.
A material like wood on the other hand, will biodegrade. In certain circumstances like in landfill this could take up 13 years, however, it will completely degrade to leave no trace and re-enter the natural cycle of the planet. (providing any paints used are also natural).
Eco Friendly Toys with Eco Friendly Packaging
All our environmentally friendly toys are 100% plastic free and also contain no plastic in the packaging. The new boxes or pouches we deliver in are 70-100% recycled and 100% recyclable. We will also re-use packaging that we receive goods in so every box may not be the same but as long as your toy is packaged safely and we are using our materials in the most efficient manor that is the main thing! We also use fully recyclable labels and kraft tape instead of plastic tape. A tiny amount of paper items we sell are packaged in bioplastic – made out of starch and 100% biodegradable and home compostable.
Eco Friendly Toys with Eco Friendly Packaging
All our environmentally friendly toys are 100% plastic free and also contain no plastic in the packaging. The new boxes or pouches we deliver in are 70-100% recycled and 100% recyclable. We will also re-use packaging that we receive goods in so every box may not be the same but as long as your toy is packaged safely and we are using our materials in the most efficient manor that is the main thing! We also use fully recyclable labels and kraft tape instead of plastic tape. A tiny amount of paper items we sell are packaged in bioplastic – made out of starch and 100% biodegradable and home compostable.
The Envirotoy Pledge
Since its inception, there is now 6.3 billion tons of non-recyclable plastic waste on our planet. 90% of children’s toys bought today are manufactured using plastic and will usually not last longer than a few years. With an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic going into the ocean each year, envirotoy promise to donate 1% of our turnover to various initiatives who’s goal is to reduce the amount of plastic in our oceans. In the past we have supported surfers against sewage – we will make the donations at the end of the financial year (april) depending on sales in that year.
Why not have a look at Karooku Kids for Eco Friendly Drinks Bottles and Tableware
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