waste is created in its production and therefore it isn't truly green. if its production is wasteful and harmful to the environment then it's not green.
Do You Consider Wood to Be A GREEN Sex Toy?
11/20/2010
I agree tho it does kill trees it is biodegradabable. Its a win lose for me. Id still like to add one to my collection.
11/20/2010
If you want to get really technical about wood as green, or renewable, you'll have to get into the species of wood. Some, like pine or lyptus, grow almost as fast as weeds. There are other woods on the endangered species list and it are not concidered renewable.
The ridiculous discussion should really about certifying sex toys as green. In the 70's, we were warned about a global freeze, in the 80's - a dead ocean by 2000, in the 90's global warming. Now that have to call it "climate change" because the earth is in another of it's cooling cycles. Follow the money and give it a rest!
The ridiculous discussion should really about certifying sex toys as green. In the 70's, we were warned about a global freeze, in the 80's - a dead ocean by 2000, in the 90's global warming. Now that have to call it "climate change" because the earth is in another of it's cooling cycles. Follow the money and give it a rest!
12/31/2010
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"EF sells, uses only scraps from lumber yards, leftovers from larger wood products, or trimmed or fallen trees. They don't even cut trees down to use"
Originally posted by
Tori Rebel
It is considered green because it is an entirely renewable resource. It's not something we're running out of our cannot produce more of - it's not a plastic product that's petroleum based and in essence, is fossil fuel dependent. In
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It is considered green because it is an entirely renewable resource. It's not something we're running out of our cannot produce more of - it's not a plastic product that's petroleum based and in essence, is fossil fuel dependent. In addition, Hardwood Dildos, who makes many of the wooden toys that EF sells, uses only scraps from lumber yards, leftovers from larger wood products, or trimmed or fallen trees. They don't even cut trees down to use. This is truly green, as they are re-purposing something that otherwise would've been wasted entirely.
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I positively love this! I had no idea. That was my only concern!!!
01/09/2011
the only thing that worries me about wooden sex toys is the finish on them. Not enough information about the varnishes out there!
01/16/2011
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I agree. Although, I do believe they are generally food grade material but I wouldn't mind hearing more about them.
Originally posted by
HouseWench
the only thing that worries me about wooden sex toys is the finish on them. Not enough information about the varnishes out there!
01/17/2011
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yeah, but unfortunately even the safety of our food-grade chemicals is suspect, what with all the news about BPA and such
Originally posted by
Kim!
I agree. Although, I do believe they are generally food grade material but I wouldn't mind hearing more about them.
01/18/2011
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yep
Originally posted by
Love Buzz
wood = renewable resource = green
02/11/2011
I vote green, ya know, since it is...
02/14/2011
I don't think its worth it to cut down a tree honestly. I would be much happier using a glass dildo. Sorry people.
02/14/2011
wood isnt green if your chopping down trees to make it.
02/16/2011
Def depends on where it comes from
03/14/2011
wood sure is green... but I still prefer glass!
03/17/2011
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it's "green" to me because when you order trees to be cut down and made into thing[dildos, paper product etc...] than you are ordering more trees to be planted! the more wood you use, the more they plant. it's that simple.
Originally posted by
Sera
Using wood kills trees, does it not? It takes away from the environment. How do you feel about all this? Do you think that wood is really a green sex toy? Personally, I think it's kind of a contradiction to call it one, aside from biodegradability.
03/18/2011
I think it's cruel to kill trees. PERIOD. So I disagree with a lot of the posts here.
03/19/2011
Okay, I don't agree with the "What's wrong with you?" bit of the answer, but I do say it's green. Seconding Love Buzz's comment - it's a renewable resource and biodegradable.
03/28/2011
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I have never seen or tried a wooden toy, I would be afraid of splinters.
Originally posted by
Sera
Using wood kills trees, does it not? It takes away from the environment. How do you feel about all this? Do you think that wood is really a green sex toy? Personally, I think it's kind of a contradiction to call it one, aside from biodegradability.
04/01/2011
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Well said.
Originally posted by
Tori Rebel
It is considered green because it is an entirely renewable resource. It's not something we're running out of our cannot produce more of - it's not a plastic product that's petroleum based and in essence, is fossil fuel dependent. In
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It is considered green because it is an entirely renewable resource. It's not something we're running out of our cannot produce more of - it's not a plastic product that's petroleum based and in essence, is fossil fuel dependent. In addition, Hardwood Dildos, who makes many of the wooden toys that EF sells, uses only scraps from lumber yards, leftovers from larger wood products, or trimmed or fallen trees. They don't even cut trees down to use. This is truly green, as they are re-purposing something that otherwise would've been wasted entirely.
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04/02/2011
They had to kill a tree to make the wood toy.
04/06/2011
what is the sealant on wood toys? I feel like that would throw off the "green" label.
04/21/2011
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i honestly don't consider it that green
Originally posted by
Sera
Using wood kills trees, does it not? It takes away from the environment. How do you feel about all this? Do you think that wood is really a green sex toy? Personally, I think it's kind of a contradiction to call it one, aside from biodegradability.
04/23/2011
I totally understand your argument/question.. And I come from a generation of "chopping down trees is bad!" But I also see that trees are renewable resources, so I understand that that is "green."
04/23/2011
Trees grow. Wood is biodegradable. Trees will be cut down anyway, and if you're using scrap wood that would otherwise be wasted, totally green.
Now, if we lived in a culture where trees were a sacred entity and were never cut down for fear of angering the gods, and we had no mass-production of paper products, lived in plastic houses, and wiped our asses with a nice hose and a synthetic reusable cloth, well... yeah, then I'd go for the 'cutting down trees is bad!' argument, but there's a good likelihood that for something so small as a dildo, the tree was not cut down to make that dildo. The tree would have been cut down anyway.
I would sooner rage about the four trees that my father cut out of our back yard when I was a kid and then chopped into firewood, than the greenness of a wood dildo. As wood is a renewable resource which our culture very much depends on, a 8 inch long piece of wood is hardly going to destroy the forests. And unlike the 8 inch long piece of rubber, that piece of wood will eventually return to the earth instead of polluting up the planet for years to come. Will alien researchers a thousand years from now find our planet a barren wasteland, except for rubbery dildos? Who knows! But my wooden toys will not be among this cluttered remains of a culture!
...So yeah. Green.
Now, if we lived in a culture where trees were a sacred entity and were never cut down for fear of angering the gods, and we had no mass-production of paper products, lived in plastic houses, and wiped our asses with a nice hose and a synthetic reusable cloth, well... yeah, then I'd go for the 'cutting down trees is bad!' argument, but there's a good likelihood that for something so small as a dildo, the tree was not cut down to make that dildo. The tree would have been cut down anyway.
I would sooner rage about the four trees that my father cut out of our back yard when I was a kid and then chopped into firewood, than the greenness of a wood dildo. As wood is a renewable resource which our culture very much depends on, a 8 inch long piece of wood is hardly going to destroy the forests. And unlike the 8 inch long piece of rubber, that piece of wood will eventually return to the earth instead of polluting up the planet for years to come. Will alien researchers a thousand years from now find our planet a barren wasteland, except for rubbery dildos? Who knows! But my wooden toys will not be among this cluttered remains of a culture!
...So yeah. Green.
04/27/2011
It is a green toy
04/28/2011
Green depends on a lot of things:
1. What type of wood was used?
2. How far away was the wood cut down to where it was manufactured? Doesn't make it green if it was harvested in China and shipped to the Midwest.
3. How "renewable" is that type of wood?
4. What happened to the by product from the harvesting and manufacturing of the toy?
5. How do they replenish the wood that is cut down?
1. What type of wood was used?
2. How far away was the wood cut down to where it was manufactured? Doesn't make it green if it was harvested in China and shipped to the Midwest.
3. How "renewable" is that type of wood?
4. What happened to the by product from the harvesting and manufacturing of the toy?
5. How do they replenish the wood that is cut down?
06/16/2011
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I agree.
Originally posted by
HouseWench
the only thing that worries me about wooden sex toys is the finish on them. Not enough information about the varnishes out there!
06/19/2011
I agree with you... I understand that it is renewable but when we already use trees for so much other stuff... why add on to that???
06/23/2011
Wood is organic, so it will break down if thrown away. Plastic won't for a really, really long time.
07/09/2011
I agree with you
07/18/2011