When the little one needs toys, it's important to find the right one – both in terms of materials, design, and functionality. For many years, phthalates were what you had to ensure the toy did not contain. Nowadays, however, we can do even better – and that is what we at Mammazine intend to focus on.
Thus, there is a great focus on sustainable products – and especially sustainable toys for children, where particularly wooden toys have many advantages. Wooden toys may evoke associations with the old days – but manufacturers have truly managed to innovate in terms of design, colors, etc.
One of the options regarding sustainable toys is the brand PlanToys, which focuses on sustainability in a broad perspective – thus, there is not only a focus on the environment, but also on working conditions and the surrounding community.
The sustainable wooden toys from PlanToys are primarily made from rubber wood – specifically rubber trees that no longer release latex and can therefore no longer participate in production. The trees have thus completed their function in forestry – and would have to be felled anyway. To ensure that the wood is as good as possible – and most optimal for use by children – the rubber trees are not tapped for at least 3 years before being cut down. This ensures that the wood is clean – for the benefit of the children, and as a safety for you as a parent.
The wood must be dried before it is used for toys. This process takes place entirely chemical-free in drying ovens. Subsequently, the toys from PlanToys are assembled with glue that does not contain toxic substances – the glue is therefore free of formaldehyde. The wood glue is thus the best product and completely free of chemicals.
The color used for PlanToys wooden toys for children is water-based, which means that the color is also completely free of harmful substances. These aspects ensure that you can safely let your baby play with, bite, throw, and really explore the toy.
In addition to the sustainability of the product itself, PlanToys also ensures that production and plantations are sustainable. This is done by ensuring that the electricity used in production comes from a combination of solar energy and energy created from the surplus wood from production.
At the same time, the trees that PlanToys replants absorb more CO2 than the company as a whole uses, which means that the company is CO2 neutral; and even better than that.
At PlanToys, you will find something for all ages – and thus there are both wooden toys for babies and for older children. You will also find wooden toys that can be used in water without being damaged; this could be for example in a bathtub, baby bath, or similar.
PlanToys toys are therefore your opportunity to choose a piece of toy for your child that is primarily exciting to play with and stimulating for your child's development – but where you can also make an active, environmentally conscious choice by purchasing a sustainable product. In other words, you are taking a stand on how we should treat the planet – and how we should leave it for our children.