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One of the top concerns on almost everyone’s mind, but especially businesses, is how to adopt more sustainable and eco-friendly elements into our everyday lives.
This has had a knock-on effect to the way consumers behave, especially the younger generations, who care more about the ethical, moral and environmental values of the companies they choose to engage with more and more.
This is something that one our Product Managers, Jeff Coulthard, is particularly passionate about, in his hunt for more sustainable options he stated:
“For too long we have all been guilty of 'greenwashing' now is the time to come clean with genuinely eco-friendly products.”
As part of this effort, we have introduced a whole range of recycled and eco-friendly products over the last few years but what are your options for sustainable hangers?
Eco-friendly hangers with Morplan
Recycled fishing nets and ocean plastic: Recycled Ocean Plastic Clothes Hangers
Recycled fishing nets reduce carbon dioxide emissions to achieve a low carbon environment by reducing the pollution of marine ecosystems caused by marine plastics and offshore farming.
This ocean waste includes: deep sea fishing net - gillnet (nylon), mesh net (polypropylene) and net trawl (high density polyethylene). Shipping operation & household garbage discards are also added into the recycled content: plastic packaging, coke bottles and mineral water bottles. Overall, these hangers are made with 80% marine waste recycling and refining 20% wood powder straw. Importantly, at the end of their life-cycle, these hangers are also recyclable.
The nets are also sourced from the fishing vessels themselves, using incentive programmes and drop off points near docks. These nets are sliced up and turned into nylon fibres, which are turn, turned into hangers!
This is just one of many ways you can know that your choice of hanger has a lower impact on the environment from start to finish.
Recycled vegetable and bio-waste: Mawa C-Cycle Eco Clothes Hanger
This brand-new range of hangers are made from more than 85% biogenic materials, such as natural fibres, vegetable waste and biopolymers, and earned the DIN-tested mark for sustainable materials.
This is also means that these are produced with a ‘closed CO2-cycle’, as they are made from renewable raw materials and when they are recycled, the only release as much CO2 as they absorb during their growth phase.
Bamboo hangers
Of the products we offer at Morplan, an alternative sustainable option for hangers is Bamboo hangers.
Hangers made from bamboo are an alternative to products made from recycled materials, which is still environmentally friendly.
Bamboo is a sustainable carbon-negative material that is low-impact and easy to grow, which has the added benefit of being biodegradable. Bamboo absorbs significant levels of C02 while it grows and is low impact when being processed, so it is a very environmentally friendly material.
Recycled plastic hangers
This is the option you will be most familiar with; these are plastic hangers made from 100% recycled plastic, which are themselves, fully recyclable!
Sustainability, without comprising on quality or style.
“There is no longer any excuse for not having a “green” option in your hanger collection.”
-Jeff Coulthard, Product Manager
As technology develops and innovation continues, there will be more and more accessible and affordable ways that your business can strive to become eco-friendly, hangers are just one of the small places we can help you get started.