At Enkev we’ve always believed that doing things naturally was just the right thing to do… in this particular moment as our world’s climate crisis escalates, we feel the importance of creating naturally sustainable fibres more than ever.
As the leading processor of natural fibres, we feel it’s our duty to address the problem. So, Enkev are on a mission to create a sustainable alternative to PU foam from the world’s best natural fibres.
According to Circularity Gap Report (2022), between Paris Agreement in 2015 and COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials such as biomass, fossil fuels, minerals, and ores were consumed. Volumes of waste are generated year after year as these materials are not reused or recycled, contributing to biodiversity loss, plastic and air pollution and global warming.
In Europe alone, around 40 million mattresses are discarded each year, with the majority ending up as landfill, creating the equivalent of 600 kilotons of waste – of which more than half - over 300 kilotons constitute of PU foam. These numbers are not tolerated by the nature and our planet is not able to hold them.
CO2 is emitted by plants, animals, and humans. But the levels of CO2 emissions that have peaked dramatically over the last 50 years are those that are caused by human activity and especially by burning fossil fuels. This rising level of CO2 fuels the greenhouse effect that leads to global warming. We witness consequences of this every day as we are exposed to terrifying headlines in the media: heatwaves and droughts, extreme rainfall, rising sea levels.
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