Paper & Boo

Paper & Boo

Alternatives to plastic products for personal care and your kitchen

What does this brand sell?

Personal care: shampoo, conditioner and body bars, body lotion, natural deodorant, toothpaste. Kitchen: brushes, lunch box, travel cup, lids, straws, bee’s wraps, bags.

Netherlands

Vegan/ vegetarian?
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation mode
Unknown
Vegan / vegetarian
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation Mode
Unknown

Does this brand offset carbon emissions and/or implement circular business practices?

They do not mention carbon emission offset. They do however use wheat straw to create a number of products – a material that is considered waste in many countries and is burned.

About The Company

Get the ins and outs

Paper & Boo was founded in 2019 in the Netherlands by a group of motivated people who want to reduce the use of (disposable) plastic. The name Paper & Boo comes from “Paper and bamboo”, which are two alternatives to plastic products and packaging materials. Their core principles are “replace, reuse and reduce”, and the aim of this company is to show you, the cosumer, that a sustainable lifestyle doesn’t have to be difficult, not expensive.

“To reduce the use of (single-use) plastics.”

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Product details

Find out more details about the products

Store locator

Their house brand products can be only found online. However, some of the products they sell from other brands can be found around NL and Belgium.

Delivery To* (Website)

Delivery to the Netherlands and Belgium

Subscription

This brand does not offer a subscription programme.

Store locator

Their house brand products can be only found online. However, some of the products they sell from other brands can be found around NL and Belgium.

Delivery To* (Website)

Delivery to the Netherlands and Belgium

Packaging/packaging materials

Packaging is completely biodegradable and plastic-free. The boxes are made from paper and/or cardboard that are recyclable. The filler chips are made of 100% natural materials: air, water and plant-based starch. You can reuse them, throw them away or compost them - they dissolve in water.

Donations / partnerships

None

Subscription

This brand does not offer a subscription programme.

Materials

Materials include paper, bamboo, wheat straw

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

Unknown

Certifications

None

Materials

Materials include paper, bamboo, wheat straw

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

Unknown

Packaging/packaging materials

Packaging is completely biodegradable and plastic-free. The boxes are made from paper and/or cardboard that are recyclable. The filler chips are made of 100% natural materials: air, water and plant-based starch. You can reuse them, throw them away or compost them - they dissolve in water.

Donations / partnerships

None

Certifications

None

in depth production details

Analyze their supply chain: from the sourcing of raw materials to the people who make the product

No information on this is provided by the brand.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Natural Deodorant = EUR 8.95

Shampoo bar = EUR 8.95

Bamboo toothbrush = EUR 4.49

Lunch Box = EUR 22.95

In some countries, wheat straw is considered waste and it is burned by farmers, contributing to CO2 emissions. Paper & Boo uses this material to make some of their products.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Some of their products include (recycled) paper. The production of recycled paper requires less water than conventional paper.

None of their products are tested on animals.

The bamboo plant is almost completely used, so there is virtually no waste regarding this material. Moreover, wheat straw was usually considered waste: in some countries, farmers would burn this, instead, Paper & Boo recovers this material and use it to make the wheat straw products.

Additionally, by buying their washable products (such as cotton pads), we are contributing to saving resources and reducing the impact on the environment.

No toxic materials such as fertilisers are used in the production of these products.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Further reading

No more information regarding sustainability reports, life cycle analyses or impact reports is available.

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