By choosing TPU gloves, you actively reduce plastic waste, lower your carbon footprint, and eliminate harmful chemicals from your supply chain. It’s a tangible, reportable step that demonstrates your commitment to environmental responsibility to customers, investors, and employees.

Yes, significantly. Nitrile is a synthetic rubber derived from petroleum and is not degradable, persisting in landfills for hundreds of years. TPU is designed to be degradable under industrial composting conditions. Furthermore, TPU production is generally more energy-efficient and avoids the toxic precursors associated with other plastics like PVC (vinyl).

It means the material can break down into water, CO2, and biomass within a specific timeframe (e.g., 180 days) in a commercial or industrial composting facility. These facilities provide the controlled high temperatures and microbial environment needed for degradation, which is not possible in a home compost or a standard landfill.

While the TPU material itself is recyclable, the practical recycling of thin-film, potentially contaminated items like gloves is challenging and not widely supported by municipal recycling programs. Therefore, we emphasize their degradability as the primary and most effective eco-friendly end-of-life pathway.