Help Me Choose: Sustainable Phone Cases

Wavecase is a UK designed wheat straw phone case. Fully compostable and supplied in 100% plastic free packaging, they tick a lot of boxes for us.

Pela's stylish phone cases are made of Flaxstic®, a unique blend of plant-based biopolymer mixed with flax shive, an annually renewable waste by-product of the flax oilseed harvest in Canada. The cases a compostable and break down into carbon, water, and organic biomass. Their packaging material is plastic-free and cases are shipped in a 100% recycled and recyclable paper envelope from Canada. Pela's base material does not contain BPA, lead, cadmium and phthalates making their cases family-safe. Their cases are made ethically with fair wages and safe practices across the entire process and Pela is a proud member of 1% for the Planet.

A Good Company mobile phone cases are 100% plastic-free. Their beautiful phone cases are made in Sweden from linseed plant waste grown by a local farmer close to the company’s headquarters. They home compostable and certified by the Vegan Society so are truly environmentally friendly. Cases can be swapped and recycled at any time via their circularity program, demonstrating their commitment to the circular economy. In addition, the company plants one tree per case sold. For each phone purchased, they donate 4% to A Good Foundation, which works with communities across the globe to create a positive impact through different sustainable initiatives.

Wild’s sturdy, sleek phone cases are made from a proprietary blend of biopolymers, starch, and bamboo, and are fully compostable – breaking down into carbon dioxide, water, and other naturally occurring minerals that easily mix back into earth. They donate 1-5% of profits to The Ocean Clean-up, an organisation that develops advanced technologies to aid ocean clean-up. It’s great news for UK customers as you can simply put it in your green bin, which is picked up every week! They pride themselves in their simple packaging, using only a cardboard envelope and a small Kraft paper envelope for the wildflower seeds. All of their packaging can be recycled.

Beautifully designed and eco-friendly cases that compost down within 6 months in an industrial composting environment, or you can throw them in your garden compost and they will biodegrade within 24 months. Their plant-based cases only contain environmentally-friendly materials and do not contain BPA, phthalates, cadmium or lead, plus they are 100% vegan. All of Loam and Lore’s phone cases are shipped in simple recyclable packaging, with no plastic tape so that zero waste is produced throughout your case’s life. If that wasn’t enough, their ‘Amazon Rainforest’ collection raises money for The Amazon Conservation Team, with 10% of profit from each sale being donated to this charity.

POPSICASE’S innovation is genuinely exciting. Their phone cases are made in Spain from abandoned fishing nets and scrap aluminium, helping to reduce the waste in our seas and on land. Not only are their phone cases sustainably made, but they can also be recycled! If you return your case to them, they will crush the phone case and mix the resulting material with their NET VIVA Material, made 100% from fishing nets, to make a new POPSICASE. Due to this commitment to the circular economy, POPSICASE has been Cradle to Cradle Certified. If that’s not enough they compensate the CO2 emissions of the shipping with the project CeroCO2. Simply brilliant.