Sustainability

These solar panels installed by EGP Energy Solutions will reduce our CO2 use by 24 tonnes over the course of this year alone! That’s the equivalent of driving 144,000 kms in a car, or 36 return flights from Perth to Sydney OR almost 3.5 laps around the world #wowsers. It was a big investment but one we are really happy with and as Katherine likes to say… "after all, there is no planet B".

Made in Australia and New Zealand from 100% biodegradable and compostable felted sheep’s wool, WOOLPACK’s wool liners are an innovative insulation solution and a more sustainable option compared to polystyrene and other unsustainable insulated packaging. There are so many amazing features to how these liners help the planet, including:

• The wool used is considered “waste” from wool mills so by using this wool in the liners, landfill is reduced and Australia sheep farmers get a higher yield of their product
• The plastic protective food grade wrap that encompasses the wool is recyclable
• Once the liners have reached the end of their life and can no longer be used, the plastic wrap can go in the recycle bin and the wool can either be placed in your green/compost bin or reused as mulch in the garden, lining hanging plant baskets or protecting worm farms & bee hives against the summer heat – sooo many possibilities!

A lot of work went into designing our boxes to ensure they could be used several times rather than just once and thrown away. The boxes are designed with a thicker corrugated cardboard so they will be able to withstand many uses. The slide opening design was chosen to not only limit the amount of plastic sticky tape that was used, but also to allow the boxes to stay intact after many uses (this is why we ask you dear piglets to open them with care). The more we can re-use them, the less energy and resources is needed to make more boxes. However, a cardboard box can only withstand so many deliveries. Once the box has sadly reached the end of its life, they get placed in Harold the Crusher (our sustainability mascot). Harold crushes them together and these bails of cardboard get picked up and recycled. By crushing them, a lot of air gets compressed out, saving space.

To reduce food waste by providing you with perfectly portioned sauces and ingredients, there are a few containers that will come in your meal kit bag. Some of these containers are BioPak brand, meaning they are made from bioplastic. The production of bioplastic has a 75% lower carbon footprint compared to the production of regular plastic! The other containers can be sent back to us and Harold the Crusher, crushes them into small bails. This crushed plastic is then recycled into new plastic creations.