No. The tubes and tubs contain no harmful chemical additives.
The tubes and tubs have been tested compliant to US California Prop 65 for heavy metals.
The tubes and tubs have been tested and passed OECD 301B testing, which includes plant toxicity testing.
The tubes and tubs have also been third party tested to ASTM D6400, which includes plant toxicity testing.
When compared to standard plastic, even the Australian Government says
“While many of the chemicals that are added to plastics are useful and safe, some are chemicals of concern.
“These chemicals have concerning properties—for example, some do not easily break down and last for a long time in the environment,
some are toxic, and some can build up to high levels in animals”.
Wherever newave tubes and tubs end up they will degrade and not release dangerous chemicals, causing harm to the environment and humans.
The environmental problem of producing more plastic than we can ever deal with is an ongoing issue.
newave a sustainable option, that has been tested thoroughly.
Additionally, newave product ingredients also are not fossil-based
(they do not include ingredients such as mineral oil, paraffin oil and petrolatum).
This way we ensure that not only are the tubes and tubs safe, but our ingredients are sustainably formulated, premium and non-fossil based.
Our way to help save the planet.
When people talk about life cycle assessments for packaging, they mostly do not consider the impact of fossil-based product
impact during extraction, refining and then post end of use.
Published research is of huge consideration, when you consider impacts such as that from 2023 where “The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health” said:
It is now clear, however, that plastics are also responsible for significant harms to human health, the economy, and the earth’s environment.
These harms occur at every stage of the plastic life cycle, from extraction of the coal, oil, and gas that are its
main feedstocks through to ultimate disposal into the environment.
Coal miners, oil workers and gas field workers who extract fossil carbon feedstocks for plastic production suffer increased mortality from traumatic injury, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, silicosis, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.
Plastic production workers are at increased risk of leukemia, lymphoma, hepatic angiosarcoma, brain cancer,
breast cancer, mesothelioma, neurotoxic injury, and decreased fertility.
Workers producing plastic textiles die of bladder cancer, lung cancer, mesothelioma, and interstitial lung disease at increased rates.
Plastic recycling workers have increased rates of cardiovascular disease, toxic metal poisoning, neuropathy, and lung cancer.
Residents of “fenceline” communities adjacent to plastic production and waste disposal sites experience increased risks of premature birth, low birth weight, asthma, childhood leukemia, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.
During use and also in disposal, plastics release toxic chemicals including additives and residual monomers into the environment and into people.
This is why we made the decision to search for and only use tubes and tubs that no matter whether they are composted
or go to landfill, they will not release harmful chemicals.
We want our products to be the best they can be and within that, be as sustainable as possible.
