Biodegradable hygiene products for tattoo artists by Elephant

With terrible droughts and unpredictable storms, the summer of 2022 has shown us that nature is seriously out of balance. So it's time for all of us to do as much as we can to change this! For example, by avoiding polluting plastic waste, which already confronts us everywhere in fields and meadows, in forests, rivers and oceans or on beaches with the consequences of unrestrained plastic consumption.

But this is anything but easy, especially in the tattoo industry, which is extremely concerned with hygiene! In order to avoid cross-contamination and other health hazards, you have to cover your equipment in protective foil for every customer, use disposable razors and use fresh ink cups for every session. 

You are in the same position as doctors, nurses and make-up artists: Our hygienic standards, which are so good and essential for the protection of human beings, unfortunately lead to a large amount of waste and are thus a building block of our climate crisis. But is this a reason to renounce your passion for tattooing for environmental protection forever? No!

There are brands like Elephant that offer numerous biodegradable hygiene products for tattoo artists. Now Elephant has expanded its environmentally friendly product range even further. Discover the protective sleeves, ink caps, inktrays and disposable razors that you can use with a clear conscience!

Already quite green!

Maybe you've been helping to slow down the waste avalanche as much as possible for a while now. For example, you may already be using the biodegradable machine bags, pen covers, clipcord sleeves and washbottle bags from Elephant Professional Tattoo Products. These are made from the bioplastics polylactide acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS), which can be degraded to water and carbon dioxide within a year in the soil or compost. This makes them a very good alternative to comparable hygiene products that were produced on the basis of the increasingly scarce raw material oil and then consist of materials that cannot be decomposed for centuries. But the packaging of the hygiene products also creates waste. Of course, all Elephant organic products are completely covered in recycled paper boxes, which have not been polished to a high gloss with a welded transparent plastic film.

But it can be even better!

Elephant is now going one step further: even single-use paint caps and inktrays or disposable razors made of plastic represent an environmental impact in the long run. However, there are also very good alternatives available here: paper and wheat straw are in no way inferior to the plastic materials used up to now in terms of functionality and durability, but in contrast they can be composted, i.e. biodegraded, without any problems. If they still end up in normal waste and thus in the waste incineration plant, their disposal at least releases less CO2 than the incineration of conventional products made of plastic.

The new Elephant Paper Ink Caps

Elephant offers you several alternative, practical and environmentally friendly solutions so that you can mix your tattoo inks safely and germ-free for the next session. The new, biodegradable Elephant Paper Ink Caps are made from a specially pressed paper pulp that is waterproof. This means you can fill most tattoo inks into these cups without hesitation. Be careful with inks that contain glycerine or have a high alcohol content, because these can weaken the natural cellulose walls of the caps and make them permeable, so that the ink runs out. Therefore, pay close attention to the manufacturer's instructions for your various colors! Depending on your needs, Elephant has two different, equally sustainable ink cap solutions for you:

Elephant Paper Ink Caps (single)

• available in different sizes: Large (Ø 18 mm), Medium (Ø 15 mm) and Small (Ø 11 mm)

• waterproof and leak-proof, suitable for all glycerine-free inks with low alcohol content
• 100 % organic and natural
• biodegradable
• 100 pieces per box
• protect from moisture and direct sunlight!

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Attention, please avoid putting these paper caps into metal paint cap holders, because they might bend and break! There are better solutions for storing your environmentally friendly Elephant Paper Caps in a stable and leak-proof way if you want to work with several colors at the same time:

Elephant Paper Ink Caps

• single holder with 6 caps each, Ø 16 mm

• waterproof and leak-proof, suitable for all glycerine-free inks with low alcohol content
• 100 % organic and natural
• biodegradable
• 20 caps per box
• protect from moisture and direct sunlight!

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The new Elephant Inktrays made of paper

For those of you who prefer to work with a palette like an outdoor artist and who need many different colors at the same time for your work, Elephant has thought of you too: 

The compostable and biodegradable Elephant Paper Inktray, with 15 connected caps in two sizes, gives you countless possibilities to put together your very own personal combination of different tattoo inks for the next session in a practical and strategically clever way. An ideal tattoo tool in the studio as well as on the go!

Elephant Inktray

• sizes: 15 x 22 mm, 12 x 12 mm

• 9 caps each Ø 12 mm, 6 caps Ø 22 mm
• waterproof and leak-proof, suitable for all glycerine-free inks with low alcohol content
• 100 % organic and natural
• biodegradable
• 20 caps per box
• protect from moisture and direct sunlight!

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The new Elephant disposable Razors made from wheat straw

Here's the hit: even disposable razors can be almost completely composted - at least when they are made almost entirely of wheat straw, like the new Elephant Weath Straw Razors. The wheat straw holders of the Elephant razors decompose naturally and are thus compostable and biodegradable; only the metal blades have to be disposed of separately. Even the production of these essential tools in the tattoo studio is sustainable and helps to reduce CO2 emissions. Functionally, the environmentally friendly disposable razors from Elephant leave nothing to be desired: with a choice of two or three blades, you can thoroughly remove unwanted hair from the skin of your customers on all parts of the body before tattooing. All Elephant Weath Straw Razors are equipped with a safety cap to prevent damage and injury.

Elephant Weath Straw Razors

• choice of 2 or 3 blades

• stainless steel
• with safety cap
• length: 11.5 cm
• weight: 6 g
• material: Wheat straw
• 100 % organic and natural
• biodegradable
• 100 % compostable (without blade)
• 50 pieces per box
• protect from moisture and direct sunlight!

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The Elephant protective covers: Well equipped all around

Elephant's new eco-friendly paper ink caps and wheat straw razors are the perfect complement to what Elephant already offers you for a consistently environmentally conscious approach to the disposable products that are unavoidable in the tattoo studio. Maybe you already know and use the machine bags, pen covers, clipcord sleeves and washbottle bags made of the biodegradable bioplastics polylactide acid and polybutylene succinate from Elephant. Maybe you know that these highly elastic protective sleeves are in no way inferior in quality to their oil-based counterparts in the fight against pollution and cross-contamination? Otherwise you can discover them for yourself here. Just give them a try!

Elephant Machine Covers

Elephant Machine Covers protect your machine from contamination in an ecologically friendly way. In 13 cm x 14 cm format, they are available individually in practical dispensers of 100 pieces or on a roll (300 pieces).

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Elephant Pen Covers

If you prefer to work with a tattoo pen, you need suitable pen covers. Elephant has them biodegradable in the format 6 cm x 16 cm, in a practical dispenser with 200 pieces.

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Elephant Clipcord Sleeves

The eco-friendly Elephant Clipcord Sleeves are available individually in a practical dispenser (100 pieces in 6 cm x 80 cm format) or on a roll (6.5 cm x 300 cm). 

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Elephant - Washbottle Bags

Protect your bottles with the Elephant Washbottle Bags - in 12 cm x 20 cm format, individually in a practical dispenser of 100 pieces or on a roll (200 pieces).  

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If you have any questions about the Elephant products presented here, please send an email to our support or give us a call - we will be happy to advise you.