What Do Household Rubber Gloves and Deforestation Have in Common?
Just about every household in the UK owns or has owned a pair (or lots more) of rubber gloves for washing up. Like all little items we use, add together the rubber gloves of the population since they were introduced in the 1960’s and that’s a lot of washing up gloves. Those rubber gloves all end up in landfill and that doesn’t even start to include the more commercial and industrial gloves used in medical and health professions or catering, let alone the cotton lined heavy-duty gloves worn by workers and engineers. They are simply a pair of fitted rubber bags with five digits that we find under the sink when we need them. Rubber Gloves can be made from a variety of materials including PVC, nitrile, neoprene and natural rubber. Household Gloves are generally made from natural latex rubber. A sustainable, renewable, organic material that’s healthy and indispensible for women who love taking care of their hands and finger nails. At least that’s what we like to think. Latex Rubber comes fr
