#PlasticFreeJuly, What’s our challenge?

Have you heard of the Plastic Free July®movement? Since it was kick-started in 2011, this initiative has come on leaps and bounds: every year, millions of people come together to cut down on plastic pollution on streets, communities, oceans, seas and everywhere else in the world.

Its website has ideas on how to cut down on the use of plastic in our day-to-day lives; from small challenges such as using reusable coffee cups, switching from packaged liquid soap to bars of soap, or avoiding plastic-packaged food by opting to buy in bulk or paper packaging. Participants can “join the challenge” to share tips, ideas and stories about how they are doing it with others.

However, #PlasticFreeJuly isn’t only for individuals: There are also ideas and challenges for companies, such as avoiding single-use plastic packaging, getting customers and staff involved in the #PlasticFreeJuly challenge, doing away with single-use plastics in food services or helping to spread the word about the campaign itself.

At Pasqual Arnella, we wanted to raise awareness of this movement, because… The more the merrier! The philosophy of the movement is right up our street because, for years, we’ve not only been making dummies from recycled paperpaste, we also go to great lengths to ensure that our processes and our packaging also meet sustainability criteria. How do we go about it?

We have a #PlasticFree production process

Firstly, we make sure our raw materials are FSC-certified, and we’re using less and less chemicals. What’s more, we don’t use petroleum-based materials in our auxiliary elements.

To manufacture and package our mannequins, we use water-based paint, and the connections of the mannequin are made of noble materials such as wood or iron. We also reuse as many materials as possible, such as paint cans, leftover cardboard from shipping boxes or the wood we work with. And of course, our packaging: we pack all our mannequins in cardboard boxes and protect them on the inside using reusable cotton bags, and with materials manufactured by local suppliers, in turn, minimising the carbon footprint.