EcoGRIP is biodegradable and Eco-Friendly. How can we prove this fact? See the above photo of our once white EcoGRIP in a garden compost (now a brown strip in the center of the picture) after 5 months.

A new grip next to one that has been decomposing in the composter for around 6 months

The green and yellow tennis overgrips (next to the brown EcoGRIP) are made out of non-biodegradable polyurethane (PU). PU is the same material used to make heart valves and sofa cushions. You can see these grips have not decomposed at all. Why? Because these PU grips are NOT designed to decompose or biodegrade in the environment. Some polyurethanes take 500 years to decompose (see the article below). Most polyurethanes such as tennis grip overwrap will take decades to fully decompose.  

The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization), the foremost governmental scientific organization in Australia, has independently certified EcoGRIP as biodegradable. Four years of R&D and a patent pending polymer have produced EcoGRIP, a grip that will fully decompose within one year after changeout. EcoGRIP – the world’s only high performing, eco-friendly overgrip.

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Leather vs. Polyurethane – a comparison taken from an article published by Diffen,com at http://www.diffen.com/difference/Leather_vs_Polyurethane

Some polyurethane foams are used as artificial or faux leather (PU leather) for shoes, upholstery in sofas, and iPad smart covers. Leather is tanned animal hide and is more expensive than polyurethane. However, polyurethane is not biodegradable and takes several decades to decompose.