A compostable phone case? Yes please

Last year was the first time I heard about compostable phone cases, but it took me 12 months to buy one for myself, and decide that I’m never using anything else.

I bought mine from Canadian company Pela, who are leaders in this niche industry. But there are British companies offering the same type of product, including Loam and Lore and Wild. And not only do these brands make phone cases that can decompose within 6 months, but they really do protect your phone.

I’ve dropped mine on a couple of occasions (a couple of occasions too many) and it’s been fine, not a scratch in sight. Which is also impressive considering I bought the slimmer version of the case, which has held up too. It feels great and fits like a glove, and hasn’t fallen apart or become damaged in any way.

Considering it’s made from plant-based materials, all of this makes it a real contender among traditional phone cases. And as phone cases are also a modern form of self-expression, you don’t have to worry about design. All the companies I mentioned produce cases in an array of colours, some with engravings of all sorts of images and patterns too.

And so this really is the future of of technology accessories. Many people enjoy changing their phone case every now and again, and knowing the old one won’t end up in landfill refusing to decompose, we can keep buying and swapping cases as often as we like.

But in a way that’s besides the point. Because for every one of us that chooses a plant-based phone case, we’re choosing the better option for the planet. When the case is thrown away and composted, it dissolves into the soil and back into the Earth. It’s an incredible process, and one we should continue to marvel at and pursue when developing other eco-friendly innovations.

And if all that is enough, think about how you would feel if you knew the case on your phone isn’t harming the planet. I know it makes me feel good that even the tiniest of things can make a difference. And that’s really how change starts.

Images by Alysia Georgiades