ATTENTION ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS BIODEGRADABLE WORK GLOVES
Sustainable Industrial Hand Protection That's Biodegradable in Landfill
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Zoos, conservatories and aquariums are a fun and educational place to spend time and learn mor
e about aquatic creatures, biodiversity and endangered species native to all parts of the Earth. Zoos are not only committed to improving animal welfare for captive wild animals, but are equally committed to the role of environmental stewardship that includes recycling, conservation, sustainability, composting and waste reduction for a better, healthier planet.
If your zoo keepers, grounds keepers, gardeners, landscapers, receiveing/shipping or maintenance crew are using knitted work gloves with a palm coated grip, we have sustainable work glove options that are better for the planet and one you may want to consider!
Hand protection is critical for the safety of animals and employees a like but there's a drawback to wearing work gloves. An estimated 200 billion pairs of gloves are being tossed in the garbage each year, Our biodegradable line of industrial work gloves will help reduce the piles of hand protection waste slowly decaying in landfills without affecting the glove's performance or protection!
Growing in popularity, these seamless knitted palm coated industrial grip work gloves are perfect for gardening/planting, material and animal handling, receiving, ground maintenance and much more!
BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL HANDLER GLOVES
SUPERIOR GLOVE®
Superior Glove® is joining the many environmentally conscience corporations by utilizing landfill creation of clean ‘green’ energy with the first of its kind 100% biodegradable work safety gloves. The Dexterity® NT 15-gauge Seamless Cotton Knit Gloves with Nitrile Coted Palm Grip — S15NT for short — doesn’t contribute to landfill waste and will contribute to landfill creation of clean, ‘green’ energy! As an added bonus, these Dexterity® NT Gloves are ANSI safety rated to resist abrasion and blunt punctures.
SHOWA®
The world’s first sustainable general-purpose work glove preserves the plant without compromising on performance or protection. Featuring a revolutionary palm coating with Eco Best Technology®, the SHOWA® 383 is your earth-friendly glove solution in protection and preservation. Thanks to its reduced thickness and microporous waffle textured nitrile palm coating, the SHOWA® 383 general duty work glove ensures optimum tactility when working on delicate projects with unmatched gripping properties.
BIO-BASED FIBERS FEATURE RECYCLED P.E.T. WATER BOTTLES
PROTECTIVE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS (PIP®)
Passes Global Recycling Standards
Unfortunately 80% of plastic water bottles end up in landfills and it takes at least 1000 years to decompose, leaching pollutants and microplastics into our soil and waterways. As a result, U.S. landfills are overflowing with 2 million tons of discarded plastic water bottles.
PIP® is doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuel based resources. Using recycled P.E.T. water bottles that are shredded, extruded as a fiber and then blended with recuperated polyester yarns; the result is PIP’s newest line-up of G-Tek’s ECOSeries™ coated seamless knit work gloves available in these styles:
- +shop for G-TEK® 31-131R ECOSeries™ Polyurethane Coated Gloves here
- +shop for G-TEK® 31-330R ECOSeries™ Nitrile Foam Coated Gloves here
- +shop for G-TEK® 31-530R ECOSeries™ Nitrile Coated Microsurface Coated Gloves here
- +shop for G-Tek® ECO Series™ Great White® PU Coated A4 Cut Safety Gloves here
- +shop for G-Tek® Eco Series™ Dyneema® PU Coated A2 Cut Gloves here
BIODEGRADABLE REUSABLE CHEMICAL-RESISTANT EBT GLOVES
SHOWA® GLOVE
When disposable gloves aren’t enough, these coated chemical-resistant gloves from SHOWA® Glove are available in 4 styles and provide impressive breakthrough times against many chemicals making them perfect for disinfecting, cleaning, material handling, animal handling, food preparation, ground maintenance and more. Featuring Eco-Best Technology (EBT), SHOWA® EBT Nitrile Coated Gloves meet ASTM D5511 testing standards and proven to achieve accelerated biodegradation and Federal regulations for food contact per 21CFR, 177.2600.
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+shop for SHOWA® CN750: Flock lining. 13-inch length, 18-mil thick
+shop for SHOWA® CN751: Flock lining. 15-inch length, 18-mil thick
+shop for SHOWA® NSK24: Providing excellent protection from a wide array of solvents, oils and acids, this glove is a super flexible, watertight, knit-lined nitrile glove with high chemical and abrasion resistance with rough grip.
Not sure which glove is right for you? ChemRest® makes navigating the challenges of chemical resistant hand protection easier for safety professionals by providing an entire chemical resistance portfolio of products, resources and tools in one platform.
Together We Can Make A Difference
As conservation organizations, Zoos have a heightened obligation to operate in the most environmentally sound ways as possible and engage visitors in environmental conservation and education. Now you can model green leadership, raise the bar of environmental performance and become the community’s most hands-on living showcases of sustainability simply by converting to biodegradable hand protection today! All you need to do is tap the link and ...
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