Live Earth is this weekend and to help protect the Earth's virgin forests and reduce global warming, Wheatware.com, exclusive U.S. distributor of Wheatware products, has donated biodegradable-compostable drumsticks, guitar picks, clothes hangers and more — all made using wheat.
The company has donated 272 pairs of Wheatware Compostable drumsticks, 3,240 Wheatware Compostable guitar picks, and 4,100 Wheatware Compostable clothes hangers to Live Earth musicians across the world, including London, England; Johannesburg, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo, Japan — and best of all, New York City, America.
The launch of Wheatware products is part of Wheatware's Great Switch-Out from Wood to Wheat, a campaign to entice people to switch from unsustainable tree products like wood to sustainable, crop-based ones like wheat, thus saving the forests critically needed to halt global warming. The passion of the founders of Wheatware is to replace the 45 billion pairs of disposable wood chopsticks produced every year which consume over 25 million virgin forest trees annually. For this reason, Wheatware decided to also include over 664 packages of their chopsticks made from the Wheatware BioMass-75 in all the gift bags sent to the Live Earth concerts.
How does saving forests help stop global warming? Forests act as the Earth's built-in air conditioner. Their destruction diminishes Earth's air conditioning ability, contributing to global meltdown. But for Wheatware.com, saving the forests isn't just about the trees. It's also about the creatures that live in these habitats — the monkeys, Siberian tigers and birds that are threatened or endangered because of deforestation.
Global demand for wood and plastic is increasing, unfortunately. Alternatives to these materials are therefore key to stopping climate change.
Enter Wheatware Bio-Compostable Music products. Wheatware drumsticks deliver all the performance advantages of wood, yet are made of a sustainable material. The Wheatware compostable guitar picks offer an alternative to the millions of plastic picks manufactured each year — without sacrificing performance.
Far from being fragile, Wheatware music products can withstand a musicians' beating. And both products are ultra-functional: the picks come in an easy-to-grip design and the drumsticks are slightly textured to resist slippage.
Affordably priced, Wheatware Bio-Compostable drumsticks are available in two sizes: 5A and 5B. Wheatware Compostable guitar picks come in three varieties: wedged-light, medium, and heavy. Other Wheatware products include Bio-Compostable hangers, multi-use dishes, drink coasters and golf supplies, as well as reusable Wheatware™ Biomass-75 chopsticks, wasabi dishes and disposable flatware.
For more information on Wheatware music products, or any of the products distributed by Wheatware.com, please visit www.wheatware.com
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I tend to agree JOR. Naturally most guitarists will think this way. Wood for centuries as been put to use as musicial instruments. With that said, if guitar companies put extra effort into renewing the resources they use, than all the better.
Sounds pretty cool. I’m all for helping the environment, and cutting back on the use of woods and plastics can’t be a bad thing.
Though I must add that musical instruments are something of special use items and there are in fact ideal materials to get the best sound, tone, etc. out of them (sitka spruce for example with acoustic guitars). And that can go from guitar bodies all the way down to the picks you use. More generic items like coasters and coat hangers seem like a better use of this kind of “replacement” technology.
Also, while trees do take a long time to grow, I think it’s a stretch to say that they aren’t a renewable resource. Certainly not in the same vein as plastics.