THE HUSKS ECO COMMITMENT

Based in rural Devon, UK, surrounded by nature, HUSK are passionate about the environment.

Having attended BETA, Horse of the Year Show, and Olympia, one of the lasting memories was the smell and abundance of plastic, in all shapes and colours! Grooming products, leg protection, packaging, it was everywhere! And I asked myself, what are people going to do with the gear when they don’t want it anymore? What will happen to it? Do we even consider this when we make purchases?

So how do we at HUSK work to be kinder to the planet?

Firstly we sell Upcycled Products in our Discounted Products section where we offer our existing customers a BUY BACK option, and new customers the opportunity to BUY UPCYCLED

at lower prices

We also do not have excess packaging!  All HUSK items come in a reusable bag, our breathable horse boots in a wash bag,  and our horse and pony breathable saddle pads and rugs come in a re usable handle bag, and that’s it!  Our parcels are all sent in recyclable and recycled plastic bags.  With regard to our manufacturers, we re use our boxes and our bags to send items between us.

With regard to the people, we know everyone by name, and we work with family businesses.  We pay fair prices for the production of our products as we know this turns to fair pay for the our stitchers, cutters and designers.   Our air flow horse boots, rugs, and saddle pads are all made by hand, and are not subjected to lines of factory machinery, just hands, sewing machines, cutting knives and scissors!  We have relationships with our production specialists and we are able to amend designs and methods of manufacture directly and specifically for HUSK.

Pollution wise, we do our best to be considerate to the planet. We source our fabrics for 2/3 of our kit an hour from where live.  We upcycle NASA and Military grade fabric to ensure consistently excellent quality of material used, but also to help the factoryreduce their waste.  Our offices and horses are all fed by a natural spring, and we switch off all our electrics at night, as well as being very mindful about how much electricity we use during the day, and we employ local people.

We do not over order so that we hold excess stock and have wastage, and we use every off cut of material possible to make product from to minimise our waste.  We also use recycled fabrics to prevent waste in landfills, and our fabrics are also recyclable!

Our rider wear, such as our caps, are made from recycled bottles, and our sweaters 100% recycled cotton that is taken from cotton farms that help habitats of local tigers by reducing use of pesticide and fertilisers.

Needless to say we at HUSK love our planet and all that it represents, and we do our best to look after it and represent it when we work.

So in future when you are thinking of buying a product, please ask yourself these questions, as it is the choices that we make now that will determine the future of our planet for our children and grand children, as well as the plants and animals that we love.