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GO BAMBOO BIODEGRADABLE COTTON BUDS
$5.50
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A zero waste product from Go Bamboo.
Often found on the beach and always found in plastic containers in the shops, these cotton buds are 100% biodegradable.
These cotton buds have a bamboo stick and come in this elegant recycled paper sliding box. The box is a sliding drawer type that was intended to be reused and is educational in that there is a story that unfolds as the drawer slides open.
All Go Bamboo products are designed to be disposed of in and around your own home.
Size
200 Pack
Some Interesting Facts
– Bamboo is a grass, is native to China, can grow up to a meter a day, is not irrigated, and does not need pesticides or fertilisers
– Biodegradable items do not biodegrade well in landfill due to a lack of oxygen. A hot dog was found intact in landfill after 25 years. A newspaper was still readable after 50 years.
– Lack of oxygen in landfill causes organic material to breakdown anaerobically producing methane gas, a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
– As far as we can tell plastic lasts forever in the natural environment.
– Small plastic items such as bottle tops, clothes pegs, lighters, plastic cutlery etc., are either blown, directly thrown, or are lifted by rainwater and carried into the storm water system. This puts them into streams and rivers that lead to the sea. Winds and currents move floating debris to areas of relative still, these areas are called gyres and they slowly rotate collecting more floating debris.
– The size of the floating plastic garbage patch in the eastern north Pacific gyre is estimated to be 1,392,400 square kilometers. That’s twice the size of Texas or 5.2 times the size of New Zealand.
– There are 5 gyres, the western north Pacific gyre, the southern Pacific gyre, the north and south Atlantic gyres and the Indian ocean gyre.
– The plastic in the gyres is ground down into very small particles now nicknamed mermaid’s tears.
– Mid-sized plastic items are mistakenly ingested by seabirds.
– Small pieces are ingested by fish.
– Mermaid’s tears out number plankton by 6 to 1 in and around the gyres.
21 reviews for GO BAMBOO BIODEGRADABLE COTTON BUDS
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Go Bamboo's mission is to offer biodegradable, sustainable alternatives to everyday, disposable, plastic items and to therefore limit the amount of plastic ending up in our oceans, on our beaches or in landfill.
Go Bamboo aims to encourage people to think twice before buying disposable, plastic products by offering affordable, effective and beautiful alternatives. They want to make it easy to make the right choice!
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Jade (verified owner) –
Perfect replacement for those who wish to stop using the cotton buds full of plastic! Will definitely buy again!
Bridget Baker (verified owner) –
I love these cotton buds.They work just as well as the plastic stick ones but are better for the environment!
Ayla (verified owner) –
Never getting plastic ones again! Why would I when these are better for the environment AND only $5? 😀
Stacey (verified owner) –
Never buying plastic ones again! these are great!
Saffron (verified owner) –
Love them! I won’t ever be buying plastic ones again. So much better for the environment and the quality is the same if not better.
Liz Robinson (verified owner) –
Great price, great product. I found a cotton bud with its plastic stick on the beach the other day, great to know that these can go straight into the compost heap!
millielawrence (verified owner) –
Work the same as normal ones but don’t wreck the environment!! Would recommend
kylabutcher (verified owner) –
I had been looking for these in store for ages, and finally found them here!
Such a great price, and a great product!
I will never use plastic cotton buds again.
Rachelf (verified owner) –
Sturdy buds and high quality too. Bought 2 boxes on first look and not regretting it! Wish there was a subscription service!
katiscool (verified owner) –
I love that this product is completely plastic free! Such an easy switch and affordable 🙂
Teresa Rodgers (verified owner) –
These are my new cotton buds for two reason. 1) They are zero waste. 2) They are super strong, don’t bend in the middle and the cotton stays put! Love them.
Georgia de Gouw –
The perfect replacement, these function just the same as any plastic ones but without the guilt risking the environment. I am already on my second box!!!
Ddavison (verified owner) –
Love that these won’t sit in landfills or on beaches for decades to come! Great product.
Jess (verified owner) –
Great product and a common house hold item that is 100% biodegradable which is awesome!
carlaeh (verified owner) –
Don’t break under pressure, well made, no whispy cotton hanging off, and cheap compared to other places! Easy switch, love them!
Lexe Simpson (verified owner) –
Our whole family enjoy using these- totally love that they are plastic free and that the packaging is also plastic free. We have purchased them several times now.
Michelle (verified owner) –
So happy to have a biodegradable alternative and works just as well as the plastic ones!
Michelle Horvath –
I’ve been buying them for a couple of years now and never looked back. As a low income earner they are too expensive for me but despite that I buy them anyway. Where I am from (Australia) they are more than quadruple the price of plastic cotton buds but when I see an image of the seahorse grasping at a plastic cotton swab in the waters of Indonesia I am reminded of why I will never ever go back to plastic cotton buds no matter how much money it costs me. Like others have said they’re strong with no whispy bits and I can throw mine in the compost. Great packaging, luv the zero waste. Bamboo cotton buds forever! I only took a star off because they are so expensive in Aus. But I hope there is a way to make them cheaper in the future!
Natasha –
perfect replacement for plastic cotton buds! and only $5.50! wont be buying plastic ones again
Biancae (verified owner) –
Such a good alternative to the plastic ear buds! Will definitely repurchase.
Tron (verified owner) –
Awesome to find a non plastic alternative for these. They are awesome. I’m converted!