How to Recycle your Beau’s Packaging
Shipping a frozen product comes with a whole host of challenges – particularly when you are a sustainability-first company. Many of the standard methods for shipping frozen goods are bad for the environment, with heaps of unrecyclable plastic and waste materials resulting from the delivery process.
We’re constantly evolving our packaging so it can be as green as it can be. While we still have work to do on this (and we have some exciting developments in the pipeline!), all of our current packaging can either be recycled and/or home composted.
We’ve created the guide below to help you work out exactly what you can recycle/compost from our boxes and how best to do this…
Box
Materials: Cardboard (FSC Mix 70%), printed with plant-based inks
Recyclability: Fold flat and put into your kerbside recycling
Tape
Materials: Kraft Paper with adhesive (synthetic rubber and hydrocarbon resins)
Recyclability: Kerbside recyclable (can be left on your box – no need to peel it off)
Insulation
Materials: 100% recycled denim cotton liner
with recyclable MDPE (medium density polyethene)
Recyclability: Recycled denim can be home composted or taken to a textile recycling point; the plastic wrapping is kerbside recyclable.
Tubs and lids
Materials: Pulp board with PE lining, printed with plant-based inks
Recyclability: Rinse before placing in kerbside recycling.
Stickers
Materials: PP (Polypropylene)
Recyclability: PP is increasingly becoming accepted by kerbside recycling programmes; however, check with your local authority to make sure they accept it.
Wafer/COne bags
Materials: Biodegradable polyethene
Recyclability: Suitable for recycling while bag still intact. Once degradation begins, they can be placed in your home composting (will compost slowly) or in the bin (it will break down in upper regions of landfill).
Do not place the bags in your food waste collection as they are not suitable for industrial composting.
Biodegradable polythene contains an additive that acts as a catalyst to accelerate the degradation process. The bag will break down into naturally benign materials – CO2, water, biomass and minerals – in a period of anything from a few weeks to two years.
Toppings tub
Materials: PET Plastic (polyethylene terephthalate)
Recyclability: Kerbside recyclable
Tasting Notes/Recipe CaRD
Materials: Card
Recyclability: Kerbside recyclable
Dry Ice
Materials: Dry ice, PP wrapper (polypropylene)
Recyclability: The dry ice will disappear on its own but must not be touched directly. Instead, pick up the corner of the dry ice packet, avoiding contact with dry ice, and place it in a safe place out of reach of children and pets. Do not contain the dry ice in a sealed container as it needs ventilation to sublimate.
PP is increasingly becoming accepted by kerbside recycling programmes; however, check with your local authority to make sure they accept it.