Eco-Friendly Pet Products | Food & Litter Scoops
BecoScoops are made from the natural plant fibres found in bamboo and rice husks. This makes them both sustainable to produce and biodegradable when finished with. Both the food and litter scoops come in four different colours, Cream, Green, Blue and Pink.
Food Scoop...
Our food scoop is practical and durable as well as eco-friendly. With a 0.5 litre/2 cup capacity the BecoScoop is designed to measure dried dog or cat food accurately, ensuring your pet is not over fed...Combine your BecoScoop with a BecoBowl and spoil your pet without spoiling the environment.
Litter Scoop...
Our cat litter scoop has a heavy weight design which gives it a unique quality. Unlike many flimsy litter scoops, BecoScoops are strong and durable...Match your BecoScoop with a BecoTray and keep your floor clean as well as the environment.
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A BecoScoop starts life as bamboo and rice husks, which are leftover materials from farming. | |
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| We take these natural plant fibres and grind them into a fine powder. | ||
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| By adding a biodegradable resin and pressing the powder in a hot mould our eco-friendly Food/Litter Scoop is created. |
All Becothings have been designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible. This means we don’t just look at functionality, we also study product life cycles. Things like hangers and potties often end up in landfill sites, so it’s important that we plan ahead. With the right materials and the right design we hope our Becothings will have as little environmental impact as possible.
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Our daily lives are full of cardboard. It comes as packaging in almost everything we buy. The UK produces around 8 million tons of cardboard packaging each year. It is actually made up of cellulose fibres that are created from wood pulp. Sadly this means fresh cardboard requires cutting down trees. Fortunately cardboard is fairly easy to recycle, so by using recycled cardboard we can help save our forests! The other great feature of recycled cardboard is that it is biodegradable. This means products like our Becohangers are not only easy to recycle, but are also safe if they do ever end up in landfill sites. |
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Our most important material in the Becothings range is our plastic replacement made from natural plant fibres. It is actually a biocomposite which means it is a mix of biodegradable materials. Around 80% of the material is made up of fibres from bamboo and rice husks. Rice husks are a by-product of rice production, so it is a great material to use as it is normally thrown away! Although you might picture bamboo as tall thin trees, it is actually a breed of grass and so grows incredible fast. This means all the bamboo we use can be sustainably grown. Both these materials are mixed with a resin created from amino acids. It is this resin that bonds all the fibres together. Importantly it also allows the mix to break down. When you place a plant fibre product in warm, damp conditions, like a compost heap or buried in the ground, the resin will start to break down. This in-turn allows the fibres to break down, eventually the product will fully biodegrade away. This process will usually take around 2 to 3 years depending on the environmental conditions. |
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