Compostable phone case? Yes! it Exists!

Phone Cases. Compostable? or Plastic which will sit in landfills for a thousand years?

During the school shutdowns of 2020 our schools gave us iPads to take home for remote learning. It’s a big responsibility not to break school materials. Luckily, protective cases came with these iPads. But unfortunately these cases were made of plastic. 

My parents were talking to friends about how the new iPhone looks and its features. Talked about needing to get a new phone case because the shape of the new phones had changed from before. 

iPads and iPhones come in different sizes whenever they release a new version and constantly people are buying new plastic cases to protect from breaking them. And those are not cheap. 

Could these cases be made from something else that is strong and compostable? If you know your phone cases will take hundreds and thousand years to degrade would you still choose plastic cases?  (FYI- synthetic cases and carbon fiber cases are siblings of plastic).

Don’t google search “plastic phone case”, instead, search “compostable phone case”. There are companies like Pela(Canada) and Natch (Belgium) which make 100% compostable and vegan phone cases! And they are cute! 

Pela uses a material which is a combination of flax straw ‘waste’ and biopolymers (polymers found in nature). These companies have a lower carbon footprint and create lower greenhouse gas emissions and use less water than is required to manufacture traditional plastic. When you no longer need it, just compost! Or send it back and they will compost it for you. 

Imagine if these were used school-wide and students told parents about this? Just like a spiderweb, one small effort can turn into something big. 

Let's stop buying plastic cases.