We are happy to announce, that we are using 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐬 to ship your naensis underwear.

Made from a food grade material and manufactured in the UK. Vegetable starch conforms to the EN 13432 standard, biodegradable and certified OK Biobased, suitable for home composting and will degrade in landfill conditions.

Nativia® is made up of a mixture of (vegan friendly) vegetable starches and and wood pulp (or cellulose) – our glassine bags are 100% cellulose (or 100% paper, which is biodegradable, compostable and recyclable).

Whilst Nativia® is certified compostable to the highest standards, the words compostable and biodegradable are often confusing to the end user. Most would assume that if a product is compostable or biodegradable it will just ‘disappear’ leaving little to no impact (like our glassine bags). However for the guaranteed ‘break down’ of these PLAs to take place, most products need to be industrially composted in specialist plants, which is the recommended method of disposal for Nativia®.

Biodegradable materials – including packaging – is anything that breaks down over time. Bacteria, fungi and other biological processes contribute to this natural activity. Some materials disintegrate in weeks, others in months and some (like plastic) will actually break time over the course of decades!

What is compostable?

Composting is when you recycle organic waste and it converts into fertiliser. It’s natural process and something many people do to use as an addition to soil. While your home compost heap might be an effective at breaking down the kinds of things you add to it – like old skins and potato peelings – it doesn’t mean it can handle packaging deemed 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.