Each bag of Eco Gloves Individually Packed Gloves comes with 24 individually wrapped packets with 2 gloves per packet. These individually wrapped packets are the perfect size to fit in your pocket, wallet, backpack, purse and even lunch box.
Eco Gloves are made from 100% annually renewable vegetables like corn, cassava, sugarcane and other starchy bio-based proprietary components that are better for the environment. This natural bioplastic material is not hazardous to produce and is intended to break down into carbon dioxide, water, biomass (soil) when composted. These ingredients together create a material with strength, shape and compostability. Eco Gloves do not contain any chemicals, fragrances, essential oils, sodium benzoate, propylene glycol or its derivatives. They are also free of BPA, latex, powder, parabens, and phthalates.
When choosing materials for our gloves, we seek ingredients that are internationally certified for compostability and ones that ensure the highest quality, durability, elasticity, and shelf life for the gloves.
Our Eco Gloves are concepted and designed to the highest standards in Southern California. Our plant-based raw materials are American grown and supplied while the final manufacturing and packing is done in China. All of our manufacturing sites are carefully selected and ISO 9001 certified. We ensure our products are made to American specifications and maintain the best quality to especially meet the American and International standards. Additionally, all of our products are third-party certified compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI).
Our plant based gloves are specially formulated to help address the harmful plastic and landfill pollution we face in our environment. (1) Enhanced with Advanced Biopolymer Technology (ABT) our gloves are chemically engineered to break down faster in a compost environment. (1) Eco Gloves are made from 100% annually renewable plant-based materials. (3) Eco Gloves are fully compostable and will breakdown into rich biomass within a few months. (4) Eco Gloves emit less carbon during the production process leaving less of a carbon footprint than the traditional standard plastics, latex and nitrile alternatives out there.
Unlike typical eco-friendly products out there made of thin material that disintegrate before you use them, our Eco Gloves are made from premium quality plant-based materials and have a thickness that matches up to traditional plastic gloves. In fact, the gloves look and feel like plastic, but they won’t take decades to decompose. At a thickness of 20-60 microns, they will not leak, break or easily tear under tough conditions.
Yes, our gloves have been manufactured to comply with internationally recognized composting standards EN 13432, AS 5810, ASTM D6400 and ASTM D6868. They are independently tested for safe compostability by the Biodegradability Products Institute. Eco Gloves are also FDA compliant and are made with materials that are food safe compliant.
Our gloves are made from premium based cornstarches and are durable enough to withstand the toughest of jobs. At a thickness of 20-60 microns, they will not leak, break or easily tear under normal use. As long as the integrity of the gloves are maintained (i.e. gloves are not used if soiled or fractured), viruses or germs will not be able to penetrate through our gloves. The material is designed to only degrade or break-down completely in a compost environment and will not degrade under normal use.
Eco Gloves will decompose into rich biomass (soil) in approximately 90 days when placed into a controlled composting environment or compost system. No harmful chemicals are released into the environment during this process.
Our Eco Gloves Individually Packaged Gloves come One-Size Fits Most for universal distribution and to allow flexibility in use in various situations. It's the perfect size to allow you to wrap the gloves over dirty items (like diapers, trash or pet waste) once you are ready to toss all the soiled objects together.
Yes! All our glove products and packaging (zip pouch, individual packets, and boxes) are compostable so you can feel good when disposing of your empty packages. Our box packaging is also curbside recyclable should you consider that option.
Our compostable gloves have a shelf life of 12 months. As a general rule of thumb, we typically recommend purchasing only as many as you can use/sell within 9 months to avoid any concerns of degradation in structure or quality.
Our gloves are designed to only degrade or break-down in a compost environment and will not degrade under normal storage conditions. In other words, they will break down completely when all essential parts of the compost process are present. This would include the presence of microorganisms, carbon, water, oxygen and temperatures of over 140 degrees Fahrenheit, which is typically what is present in an industrial composting environment. As a best practice, it is recommended you keep the gloves sealed and away from moisture, sunlight and heat when unused.
As a best practice, we recommend storing compostable gloves in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight. Limiting exposure to high temperatures and humidity is recommended as temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit can warp the gloves and/or affect its structural integrity.
Eco Gloves should be disposed of in your compost collection bin or composting facility. To locate a composting facility near you check out: http://www.findacomposter.com/.
Recycling facilities have a hard time separating compostables from recyclables and they can be a contaminate to various plastic recycling programs therefore it is advised that Eco Gloves are not placed in the recycling bin.
Compostable items are typically designed to be composted in a compost heap only. Composting is a very specific process which does not occur in landfills. Microorganisms, carbon, water, oxygen and nitrogen are all essential parts of the compost process and these factors need to be present in the right circumstances (such as in a compost pile) for composting to occur. Eco Gloves need to be composted under the same conditions and manner.
These disposable gloves are latex-free, BPA-free, powder free and do not contain any chemicals, fragrances, essential oils, sodium benzoate, propylene glycol or its derivatives making them safe to use and comfortable for most sensitive skin types.
