Our Packaging
Recycled Boxes
Our boxes are made from recycled cardboard and FSC certified pulp and are 100% kerbside recyclable.
Recycled Boxes
Our boxes are made from recycled cardboard and FSC certified pulp and are 100% kerbside recyclable.
Coola Box Insulation
The magic is kept cool and fresh with insulation made from 70% recycled cardboard and FSC certified pulp. This too is 100% kerbside recyclable.
Coola Box Insulation
The magic is kept cool and fresh with insulation made from 70% recycled cardboard and FSC certified pulp. This too is 100% kerbside recyclable.
New Zealand Water
Our ice packs are filled with 100% New Zealand water and nothing else. It is that simple.
New Zealand Water
Our ice packs are filled with 100% New Zealand water and nothing else. It is that simple.
Recyclable Recipes
Our recipe cards are made from FSC certified pulp and are kerbside recyclable.
Recyclable Recipes
Our recipe cards are made from FSC certified pulp and are kerbside recyclable.
Recycled Ready Made Trays
Our ready made meal trays have been made from 80% recycled plastic and are 100% kerbside recyclable.
Recycled Ready Made Trays
Our ready made meal trays have been made from 80% recycled plastic and are 100% kerbside recyclable.
Cardboard Boxes
What is it made of?
Our boxes are made from 47% recycled cardboard. The rest comes from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified pulp which means it is sourced from responsibly managed sources. The virgin pulp is made mostly from forestry offcuts. This provides a second life to offcuts which would have otherwise gone to waste.
What to do with it?
Our cardboard boxes are 100% kerbside recyclable. Pop them out for collection and help them continue to move through the cycle.
Coola Box Insulation
What is it made of?
Our new Coola Box is a big step forward in sustainability. Made with 70% recycled cardboard and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) pulp, it’s all part of our plastic reduction journey. Not only does it keep your ingredients cool and fresh, but it is estimated that the Coola Box will remove up to 40 Tonnes of plastic from our boxes by the end of 2024.
What to do with it?
Our Coola Box is 100% kerbside recyclable. Pop them out for collection and help them continue to move through the cycle.
Ice Packs
What is it made of?
We're super happy about the fact that our ice packs are filled with 100% New Zealand water and nothing else. The soft-plastic wrapping is made from non-leeching BPA free plastics.
What to do with it?
As our ice packs are filled with pure rain water, simply drain the contents down your sink or better yet, reuse it to water your plants or backyard veggie patch. Once drained the soft plastics can be collected together and packed in with our Soft-Plastic Recycling Programme or dropped off at your nearest soft plastic recycling station.
Paper & Packets
What is it made of?
Our recipe cards are made from FSC certified pulp. As is the paper on our spice, rice and other such packages.
What to do with it?
Our recipe cards and any smaller cardboard boxes included in your order can go in your curbside recycling. Our paper packets are a bit more varied:
Nuts, Rice & Everything nice - these are coated and will break down at landfill, add to regular waste.
Spice Packets or lined plastics - any packets with clear plastic liners can be deposited in your soft-plastic recycling. During the reprocessing the paper breaks down leaving just the thin liner.
Plastic & Pottles
What is it made of?
There are a range of plastics utilised in our bags. We're always working on reducing these while maintaining the highest possible Health and Safety food standards.
While we work to reduce these, in the meantime:
- Our plastic pottles are made from #5 plastic.
- Our sauce sachets are made from soft-plastic.
- Our herb packets are made from #1 plastic and a soft-plastic seal.
- Our meat packaging varies depending on the meat, please refer to packaging.
- Our ready made meal trays are made from 80% recycled plastic and are #1 kerbside recyclable.
What to do with it?
Refer to our New Zealand recycling guide or your local council's recycling guide to see what is kerbside recyclable. You can join our Soft-Plastic Recycling Programme to help recycle all of your household soft-plastics. Our sauce pottles include measurement labels and can be reused as measuring cups too.
Veggie Scraps
What is it?
There's always a little something leftover from cooking, the little bits we trim off. Whether it's the skin of an onion, peel of a potato, base of a carrot or stem of a capsicum, they're all little at the time but build up in volume quickly over a week.
What to do with it?
The best option is always to compost leftover veggie scraps, however, if you're short a compost bin we have some tips to help over on our blog.
Recipe Cards
You'll notice a few changes to our recipe cards! Now a larger size, you'll find the recipes are easier to follow and read, and that all serving sizes are now consolidated onto one card.
FAQs
You are using more paper now that the recipes are bigger? Is this sustainable?
Our recipe cards are made with FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper and can be recycled kerbside with your paper and cardboard.
I want to save my recipes but they won’t fit in my folder, what should I do?
We are working on a new folder, which will be available to purchase from The Kitchen – keep your eyes peeled! Did you also know that you can save all your recipes in your My Food Bag app? Simply go into the recipe in the app and press the save button - which appears on the recipe image
