Sustainability

Wink started with the desire to make beautiful custom made bedheads and accessories that are easily able to be purchased and enjoyed by all. In the process of establishing the business, founder Lisa Sinke discovered that there were some materials and practises used in the creating of the products that she didn’t feel comfortable about, so she sought to do something about it.

An important aspect of being mindful of our environment and planet in developing this business is the desire to be locally and NZ made. Supporting our local makers is important to us, and the resultant decrease in air miles is incredibly beneficial for our planet.

We do not claim to be 100% sustainable and ecological, but we do everything we can across the business to be as kind to our environment as possible. If you are aware of any practices that we can implement to enhance our impact then we would love to hear from you.

Bedhead padding

Upholstered furniture typically uses foam and tetron wadding. These are man made materials, that never degrade once they are made. Foam is made by chemical reactions, and once it is formed it never break downs or leaves our planet. Tetron is also synthetic, with manufacturing processes that are harmful to the environment, and it also does not break down and ends up in landfill. These materials concerned Lisa enough that she decided to find a different way of making bedheads. After a period of prototyping a new methodology was developed using New Zealand natural wool. Wool is a great resource because it is sustainable, locally grown right here is NZ, and biodegrades when it is at the end of its lifespan.

Timber

The timber that we choose to use at Wink is produced in Aotearoa, using NZ grown timber to be the lowest emission timber board possible. It’s emissions are equal to those found in timber in the natural environment, whereas other more cheaply produced timber board uses solvents that are harmful to the planet, and that off gas.

Our timber carries the Environmental Choice New Zealand Certification and is certified by the FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) which ensures that the forest is managed in accordance with FSC principles and criteria by following exacting social and environmental guidelines.

Glues

We have chosen to use screws in our bedheads rather than the usual toxic wood glues. Similarly, for our lampshades we use water-based non-toxic fabric glues.

Calico

Our backing fabric is organic calico, and wherever we use covering cloth we also use organic calico. 

Feathers

Because we care about our environment, we use feather inners that are made with 100% New Zealand duck feathers that are truly ethically sourced as a by product from ducks farmed in the Waikato.

Lampshades

Our locally made lampshades are kinder on the planet than other conventionally made lampshades. We have done away with using the usual imported plastic liners, and have instead gone back to the old school ways of using card. So you can choose the perfect lampshade to match your bedroom scheme and know that our famous Wink ethics of caring for our environment are intact.

Packaging

We have carefully considered our packaging choices with the environment in mind. We use cardboard to wrap your bedheads for safe delivery. The cardboard is recyclable, biodegradable and is made from recycled cardboard.

We use eco tape which is made from natural wood fibres derived from a managed and sustainable forest.