Cork | Lots to like...

Cork, is an all-natural, completely biodegradable wonder material. The perfect choice for our recovery products…We love it. Not only does it look and feel amazing but importantly it has some serious environmental credentials. Read on to find out more… 

When looking into materials for our Recovery products we knew two things. The product and material must function really well and secondly it must be an environmentally ‘better’ choice. Once we started looking into Cork we couldnt look back.  

Cork is a type of non-timber forest product (NTFP) that can be harvested without cutting down the tree, generating sources of income whilst keeping forests and habitats intact. NTFPs often offer environmental benefits as they can support the livelihood of smallholders and communities whilst contributing to the sustainable management of the forests and woodlands from which they originate. 

Cork-oak bark is harvested from living trees much like a Sheep being sheared for its wool.  This process causes regeneration of the bark. Amazingly, debarked cork trees can absorb three to five times more carbon dioxide than non harvested trees. The bark can then be processed under compression to form useful shapes like our Peanut, Anywhere Roller, Sphere, Block and Brick. The finished products retain a lovely organic look and feel and a great texture for self massage.  

We use high density cork, sourced from Portugal, where our manufacturer and cork forests are within close proximity, to keep their carbon footprint to a minimum. They are VEGAN and REACH certified and operate at near zero waste. 

Cork also has natural antibacterial, antiallergenic and antistatic properties, with 98.6% of bacteria killed within 90 minutes of impact, so unlike other rollers, microbes and sweat won’t hang around. Lots to like…