08/10/2025
Exciting things coming…
Why It Makes No Sense to Have a Non-Biodegradable Birthing Pool
Birth and the Earth Deserve Better
Birth is the most natural act there is — water, breath, and life flowing in harmony.
Yet for decades, water birth has relied on something profoundly unnatural: PVC pools that never decompose.
Each one offers a few hours of beauty, comfort, and relief — but then spends centuries sitting in landfill, slowly releasing toxins and microplastics into the earth that nurtures us.
If birth represents renewal, why should the tools we use for it represent waste?
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The Hidden Problem with “Disposable”
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) has long been the material of choice for birthing pools because it’s strong, flexible, and waterproof. But it comes with a cost we rarely see.
Once discarded, PVC does not biodegrade. It can persist for hundreds of years, breaking into microscopic fragments that contaminate soil, rivers, and oceans. These microplastics accumulate in plants, animals, and even human bodies — a quiet, ongoing pollution born from products once labeled as “disposable.”
Every birth pool that’s ever existed is still here, somewhere, in some form.
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The Breakthrough: BDP® — Breakdown Plastics
Now, for the first time, science has caught up with conscience.
BDP® (Breakdown Plastics) technology makes it possible for PVC to do what it never could before: biodegrade safely and completely.
Here’s how it works:
When BDP®-enhanced plastic reaches a biologically active landfill, microbes recognize the additive as food. They consume it, triggering a natural process that converts the plastic into water, carbon dioxide, and organic biomass — clean nutrients that return harmlessly to the earth.
✨ No toxins. No microplastics. No trace of harm.
It’s a quiet revolution in material science — one that finally allows “disposable” to mean “responsible.”
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Why This Matters for Birth
Birth is sacred. It’s about creation, connection, and renewal — not destruction.
To bring new life into the world using materials that poison it has always been a contradiction, but until recently, there was no alternative.
Midwives, doulas, and mothers have long dreamed of a biodegradable birthing pool that’s as safe for the environment as it is for the body.
Now, that dream has finally arrived.
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Introducing The Evia Pool — by The Birth Space
After years of research, design, and collaboration with sustainability experts, The Birth Space is proud to introduce The Evia Pool — the world’s first and only biodegradable birthing pool, created with BDP® (Breakdown Plastics) technology.
It’s strong, hygienic, and professional — everything you expect from a premium birthing pool — yet it carries a revolutionary difference:
When its life is complete, it doesn’t linger as waste. It returns to the earth gracefully, leaving behind only nutrients and the memory of birth.
The Evia Pool is proof that innovation can be gentle, and that the act of giving life no longer has to cost the planet its own.
**The Future of Birth Is Biodegradable**
With The Evia Pool by The Birth Space, birth and nature are finally in alignment again.
Because bringing life into the world should never mean leaving waste behind.
It should mean renewal — for mother, for baby, and for the earth itself.
