Sustainability

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Why compromise between creating a vibrant mood, convenience, and caring for nature?
With the unique eco-conscious materials and concepts in the Duni collection you never have to.

At Duni, we recognise the important role we play in sustainability as a global market leader of disposable tableware for both the professional and the consumer.

From manufacture and logistics to product innovation and packaging, we are continually striving to improve our carbon footprint and inspire and encourage our customers to follow suit, through convenient sustainable solutions such as recyclable eco-friendly paper packaging for our custom prints and responsibly resourced FSC®-approved raw materials.

Duni also proudly sponsors "Keep The Oceans Clean", a network of companies, authorities and experts working together to reduce unnecessary plastics, minimise littering, and maximise recycling. Plastics ending up in the ocean affects everyone, from damaging ecosystems to impacting human health.

Duni offers an unrivalled extensive range of compostable unicoloured napkins.

OK compost and FSC®-certified
Contain no chemicals that harm nature
Biodegrade in a few weeks
Colour coordinated with our candles and accessories

OK compost labelled = The OK compost label means that the products have been tested to meet European standard EN 13421 and are suitable for industrial or home composting.

Our Successes

Plastic Free Packaging1/5

Used either as a foil or box window, this specially-engineered, translucent paper packaging material can be recycled as paper or cardboard after use. Fossil free from fully renewable resources, resulting in a reduced carbon footprint. Currently available on our Dunicel® placemats, Duniletto® slim and Dunisoft® 40x40cm napkins with plans to roll this out further into our range.

Paper Wrapped Napkins2/5

We've introduced pioneering recyclable paper packaging on all our custom print napkins to reduce plastic usage and lower our carbon footprint. With keen attention to detail, we've also found a way to lower the amount of glue we use to seal our custom napkins.

Compostable Unicolour Napkins3/5

Our range of compostable unicolour - the most extensive available on the market - is the natural choice if you want to create a colourful mood and still care for the environment. They contain no harmful chemicals, biodegrade a few weeks after composting and may be sorted with food waste where applicable.

Bye Single-Use Plastic!4/5

Made from 100% renewable material, our wooden cutlery is a great way to switch from single-use plastic and contribute to a healthier planet. Our waxed cutlery is coated with wax extracted from Carnauba leaves in a way that does not harm the trees. Widely used as a food additive, Carnauba wax is vegan-friendly and leaves no unpleasant taste or smell. Certified by FSC®

Steam Drying5/5

The steam we use to dry napkins at our production facility in Skåpafors is produced in our bio-boiler, which burns renewable resources such as forestry waste. This greatly reduces our emissions of greenhouse gases, and makes use of materials which would otherwise be discarded.

Certifications That Inspire Confidence

Did you know 3.5-7 billion trees are cut down every year according to the Rainforest Action Network?

This leads to the loss of animal and plant habitats, as well as an increase in carbon dioxide as forests which, naturally absorbed carbon produced from fossil fuels, release the gas back into the air once felled.

What does this mean for Duni? As our core products are manufactured from paper and tissue, it's a key environmental issue and responsibility that we do not shy away from. All our napkins, table covers, and napkin pockets are FSC® certified.

The FSC® label ensures that the raw materials we use to manufacture our disposable table solutions are all sourced from sustainable forests, that are managed in a way that meets the social, economic, and ecological needs of present and future generations.

This means we follow strict rules in our sourcing and labeling of FSC® products to ensure raw materials are not mixed up in our production and logistics and we are regularly audited to ensure the validity of the certification, so you can be assured that Duni products are environmentally friendly.

As one of the world's toughest and most recognised environmental certifications, we're proud to display the Nordic Swan Ecolabel across a wide range of our products, as it showcases just how seriously we take sustainability. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel creates sustainable solutions based on a life cycle assessment and an overall goal to reduce the environmental impact from the production and consumption of goods.

This means you can always be reassured that our products are of premium quality and sustainable.

Awarded by the European Quality Association for candles, this certificate guarantees our candles burn cleanly, contain no hazardous materials, and retain their shape for safety. Our Stearin candles also consist of 90% renewable materials and are guaranteed to minimise soot emissions when lit.

Looking for an LED lighting solution instead? Look no further! At Duni we also offer innovative and rechargeable LED candles that are A energy rated. Typically, these LEDs use up to 90% less energy and last significantly longer than their more traditional counterparts.

Looking To The Future

As champions of sustainable #goodfoodmood, we're determined to continue to play our part by investing heavily
in sustainable alternatives and introducing new plastic-free products to the market to offer professionals and consumers alike a wider choice in everyday life.
Never before has the motivation to create a sustainable future for the planet, our coming generations and ourselves been as high as it is now.