OUR PRODUCTS
100% BAMBOO SUPER SOFT TOILET ROLLS
$50 (inc GST)
24 or 48 rolls per box / 2 ply / 400 sheets /double length rolls
100% tree-free bamboo (it’s a grass!) Bamboo is a virgin fibre so it is both soft and strong all packaging is recycled and there's no plastic.
50% of profits donated to our charity partners Launch Housing and Orange Sky.
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100% BAMBOO JUMBO TOILET ROLLS
$45 (inc GST)
8 rolls per box / 2 ply / 280 metres per roll
Our jumbo rolls are a great socially conscious choice for businesses or schools that have a large people base. Make the eco-friendly change say no to trees and yes to supporting our charity partners at home.
WHY BAMBOO?
We've chosen bamboo thanks to its excellent sustainability credentials;
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Tree-free (it’s a grass!)
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Fast growing
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It's ready to be harvested for paper in 3-5 years
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It self generates after harvest
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It pumps 35% more oxygen into the atmosphere than trees
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Requires little irrigation
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Bamboo is soft and strong because like Trees it is derived from a virgin fibre not a recycled fibre
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It's sustainable and environmentally friendly
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Ethically sourced in the Sichuan Province of China
WHO WE ARE
Social Bums is a socially conscious business supporting the homeless by offering a tree free toilet paper alternative to small and big business and at home. Together, we can make a difference to both our environment and homelessness in Australia through small changes to the way we purchase our products.
SUPPORTING THE HOMELESS
50% of all profits are donated to help support the homeless in Australia
By choosing Social Bums as your preferred toilet paper supplier, you are choosing to support your community. 50% of all profits are donated to Launch Housing and Orange Sky. You can find out more about their great work here.
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED
We aim to offer support and education to the long-term unemployed
As Social Bums grows, so does the community support we can offer. We aim to offer education and employment opportunities within our business to the long-term unemployed. Work within our warehouse, logistics and administration team will be some of the opportunities soon available.
IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH
We're working to create a better understanding in the community
around the types of triggers that cause mental health problems
We believe it's important to keep the conversation open around mental health, to help understand how we can support and even prevent some of the symptoms that can lead to homelessness.
EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY
We believe in ethical living and sustainable futures
Our products have been developed with an ethical and sustainable future in mind - which we hope inspires other businesses to make socially conscious choices too.
OUR CHARITY PARTNERS
50% of all our profits are donated to our charity partners - Launch Housing and Orange Sky. We've chosen to partner with these great organisations as their missions align closely with ours. We believe everybody deserves a place to call home.
Launch Housing is an independent Melbourne based community organisation passionately committed to ending homelessness. From providing high quality housing and an innovative range of support, education and employment services, we bring solutions to homelessness under one roof for thousands at risk of, or experiencing the crisis and trauma of homelessness. With over 400 staff working across 14 locations in metropolitan Melbourne, we combine direct action with advocacy, research and innovation to drive widespread change.
Orange Sky is a non-profit organisation providing free mobile laundry and shower services to people experiencing homelessness. Each week, thousands of volunteers give their time to help positively connect some of the 116,000 Australians doing it tough. The focus is on creating a safe, positive and supportive environment for people who are too often ignored or feel disconnected from the community. Over the past five years, Orange Sky has completed 1,354,00kg of laundry and provided more than 13,500 showers to people in need. Most importantly though, volunteers have engaged in 233,300 hours of conversations, helping to positively connect communities all across Australia.
Rob has had 15 years experience in the social enterprise world, and is the co-creator of Social Bums along with his wife Mary.
He is passionate about sustainability and making socially conscious choices a feasable option in the business world.
Mary is our go-to-gal!
She consulted for a number of years in retail, buying for a social enterprise that also worked with empowering and managing staff with disabilities.
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Josh makes things happen. He has strong customer support and operational experience within social enterprise and is fantastic at managing teams.
Nina adds some youthful spark to the Social Bums team. She is our social media guru and writer.
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Her experience is growing by the day...so watch this space!
OUR TEAM
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