Biodegradable Work Gloves for Growers

Eco-Friendly Gloves Protect the Soil That Nourishes Us

Gardener Wearing SHOWA 383 Work Gloves

Farmers, gardeners, florists and food and cannabis processors rely on the the Earth's soil to produce the plants, flowers and herbs that nourish humans. They rely on healthy dirt to grow outstanding products, so they are committed to the role of environmental stewardship that includes conservation, sustainability, recycling, composting and waste reduction for a better, healthier planet.

Hand protection is critical for the safety of employees and avoiding product contamination. But there's a drawback to wearing work gloves; an estimated 200 billion pairs of gloves are being tossed in the garbage and landfills every year. Our biodegradable line of industrial work gloves will help reduce the piles of hand protection waste slowly decaying in landfills without affecting performance or protection.

If your growers, pickers, packers, receivers/shippers or maintenance crew are using knitted work gloves with a palm coated grip, MDS Associates has Eco-friendly, sustainable glove options that you should consider. Growing in popularity, these seamless knitted palm coated industrial grip work gloves are perfect for gardening/planting, material and animal handling, receiving, ground maintenance and much more.

BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL HANDLER GLOVES

Superior Glove® Dexterity® S15NT Biodegradable Nitrile Coated Work Gloves

SUPERIOR GLOVE®

Superior Glove® is joining the many environmentally conscience corporations by utilizing landfill creation of clean ‘green’ energy with the first of its kind 100% biodegradable work safety gloves. The Dexterity® NT 15-gauge Seamless Cotton Knit Gloves with Nitrile Coted Palm Grip — S15NT for short — doesn’t contribute to landfill waste and will contribute to landfill creation of clean, ‘green’ energy! As an added bonus, these Dexterity® NT Gloves are ANSI safety rated to resist abrasion and blunt punctures.

SHOWA®

The world’s first sustainable general-purpose work glove preserves the planet without compromising on performance or protection. Featuring a revolutionary palm coating with Eco Best Technology®, the SHOWA® 383 is your earth-friendly glove solution in protection and preservation. Thanks to its reduced thickness and microporous waffle textured nitrile palm coating, the SHOWA® 383 ensures optimum tactility when working on delicate projects with unmatched gripping properties.

BIO-BASED FIBERS USES RECYCLED P.E.T. WATER BOTTLESPIP® G-Tek® ECO Series™ Recycled Fiber Work Gloves

PROTECTIVE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS (PIP®)

Passes Global Recycling Standards

Unfortunately 80% of plastic water bottles end up in landfills and it takes at least 1000 years to decompose, leaching pollutants and microplastics into our soil and waterways. As a result, U.S. landfills are overflowing with 2 million tons of discarded poly water bottles. PIP® is doing their part to reduce their carbon footprint and reliance on fossil fuel based resources. Using recycled P.E.T. water bottles that are shredded, extruded as a fiber and then blended with recuperated polyester yarns; the result is PIP’s newest line-up of G-Tek’s ECOSeries™ coated seamless knit work gloves available in these styles:

+shop for G-TEK® 31-131R ECOSeries™ Polyurethane Coated Gloves here

+shop for G-TEK® 31-330R ECOSeries™ Nitrile Foam Coated Gloves here

+shop for G-TEK® 31-530R ECOSeries™ Nitrile Coated Microsurface Coated Gloves here

+shop for G-Tek® ECO Series™ Great White® PU Coated A4 Cut Safety Gloves here

+ shop for G-Tek® Eco Series™ Dyneema® PU Coated A2 Cut Gloves here

BIODEGRADABLE REUSABLE CHEMICAL-RESISTANT EBT GLOVES

SHOWA®Showa EBT Chemical Resistant Gloves

When disposable gloves aren’t enough, these coated chemical-resistant gloves from SHOWA® Glove are available in 4 styles and provide impressive breakthrough times against many chemicals making them perfect for disinfecting,  cleaning, material handling, animal handling, food preparation, ground maintenance and more.

Featuring Eco-Best Technology (EBT), SHOWA® EBT gloves are validated per ASTM D5511 test standard to achieve accelerated biodegradation without any loss in performance.

  • SHOWA® 728: Brings you the pinnacle of tactile precision and high-capacity protection against solvents and acids. This unlined glove is Ideal for working in wet, greasy and oily environments. (DISCONTINUED)
  • SHOWA® 731: Brings you the pinnacle of tactile precision and high-capacity protection against solvents and acids. This flocked-lined glove is Ideal for working in wet, greasy and oily environments. (DISCONTINUED)
  • SHOWA® 707HVO: This hi-viz fluorescent orange glove blends the best of disposable and chemical resistant technology to deliver optimum fit, feel and comfort while protecting against liquids, chemicals, oils, hydrocarbons, grease, and abrasions. A perfect alternative to single-use gloves.
  • SHOWA® NSK24: Providing excellent protection from a wide array of solvents, oils and acids, this glove is a super flexible, watertight, knit-lined nitrile glove with high chemical and abrasion resistance with rough grip.

Not sure which glove is right for you? The ChemRest® chemical resistant glove directory makes navigating the challenges of chemical resistant hand protection easier for safety professionals by providing an entire chemical resistance portfolio of products, resources and tools in one platform.

Together We Can Make A Difference!

As conservators of the Earth and environment, growers have a heightened obligation to operate in the most environmentally sound ways as possible and engage vendors, employees and even customer in environmental conservation and education. Now your growing operation can model green leadership, raise the bar of environmental performance and become the community’s most hands-on living showcases of sustainability simply by converting to biodegradable hand protection today.

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