Wooden toys may often be more expensive than plastic versions, but if affordability is an issue then maybe the answer is to give our children fewer, better quality and sustainable toys, rather than lots of cheap, environmentally harmful ones.
Eco-Tots is a Lancashire-based business with an ethical, eco-friendly and sustainable ethos, stocking only toy brands that are kind to the environment and use recycled or recyclable material, have non-toxic paint, are chemical-free and organic, and are made with sustainable manufacturing processes.
Products in stock include the Moon Phase Peepul Peg Dolls (£38), which as well as being made from sustainably sourced British sycamore, and are decorated and finished with clay-based paint and renewable plant oils and waxes, can be used to teach children about the lunar cycle.
Brands include Gluckskafer, responsible for such products as the Apple Tree with 12 Apples (£21.95), which is ideal for small-world play and is made from FSC-certified wood and has water-based paint.
Eco-Tots also sells chocolate that is made from “slave free cocoa” and has a supply chain that ensures farmers are not paid exploitative amounts for their beans. It further stocks a range of products for adults, such as kitchenware, bathroom items and period products, including the Fern Period Pad (£6.50), which is made from organic cotton and bamboo fleece.
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Wooden toys may often be more expensive than plastic versions, but if affordability is an issue then maybe the answer is to give our children fewer, better quality and sustainable toys, rather than lots of cheap, environmentally harmful ones.
Eco-Tots is a Lancashire-based business with an ethical, eco-friendly and sustainable ethos, stocking only toy brands that are kind to the environment and use recycled or recyclable material, have non-toxic paint, are chemical-free and organic, and are made with sustainable manufacturing processes.
Products in stock include the Moon Phase Peepul Peg Dolls (£38), which as well as being made from sustainably sourced British sycamore, and are decorated and finished with clay-based paint and renewable plant oils and waxes, can be used to teach children about the lunar cycle.
Brands include Gluckskafer, responsible for such products as the Apple Tree with 12 Apples (£21.95), which is ideal for small-world play and is made from FSC-certified wood and has water-based paint.
Eco-Tots also sells chocolate that is made from “slave free cocoa” and has a supply chain that ensures farmers are not paid exploitative amounts for their beans. It further stocks a range of products for adults, such as kitchenware, bathroom items and period products, including the Fern Period Pad (£6.50), which is made from organic cotton and bamboo fleece.