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Pride Collection: Plastic-Free Kitchen Essentials That Give Back
Rainbow hearts, clouds and popsicles, made for the kitchen sink. The Set of 3 LGBTQ+ Pride Pop up Sponges anchors this collection: plant-based sponges that arrive flat and swell once wet, cut from vegetable cellulose rather than plastic foam. We carry them year-round, not only in June.
A portion of every Pride purchase supports It Gets Better Canada, which works with 2SLGBTQ+ youth. It is a gift that gets used daily, does a little good each time someone washes up, and looks far better beside the tap than a beige sponge. The trio comes in three shapes, so one set covers the kitchen sink, the bathroom , or as a thoughtful gift.
Caring for a Pop-Up Sponge
Soak it in water and it expands into a full-size sponge. The cellulose is firm enough for non-stick pans, stainless steel, copper and glassware, and it will not scratch any of them. Store it somewhere with airflow, since a sponge left sitting in water never dries.
Let it dry fully between uses and boil it for a few minutes when it starts to smell. At the end of its life, cut it into small pieces and add it to the green bin or backyard compost. A foam sponge has no such exit: it sheds microplastics into the wash water and finishes in landfill.
A Queer-Owned Team, Based in Canada
Plantish Future was founded by Lydia Li, who set out to find low-impact, plant-based materials that outperform plastic. The business is woman-, queer- and BIPOC-owned, and the team, a mix of women, newcomers and racialized folks, works between Toronto and Richmond, B.C.
Products are tested with family and friends, never on animals, and each arrives with clear guidance on how to use, care for and dispose of it. That standard applies to the Pride range exactly as it does to everything else we sell, so a rainbow design never means a lower bar. Orders ship across Canada and the United States.
Want the full backstory? Read our story and meet the people behind the sponges.