THE benefits of 100% biodegradable Green Mile cardboard bedding includes robust scientific testing. Researchers compared straw, shavings, peat moss, hemp fibres and shredded paper.

When water was added to 10 grammes of each bedding material, shredded paper came out the clear winner, absorbing 100ml, as compared to hemp (45ml), shavings (30ml) and peat moss (30ml). The most traditional bedding, straw, was the least absorbent of the samples, soaking up only 25ml of water.