Recycling our packagingUpdated a year ago

Thank you so much for responsibly recycling your Dinner Ladies box!

We do try to use as much recyclable material in our packaging as possible and hope this information can be of some help. We also encourage you to recycle wherever possible!

Here's how to properly dispose of your packaging;

• The cardboard box makes a great toy for the cat or toddlers... but also can be packed down and put in the home recycling bin.
• The foil insulation is made from reusable and recycled plastics. Please dispose of it with your other soft plastics.
• The ice packs are eco-friendly! Put them in your garden to help the soil retain water or add a teaspoon of salt to the mix and wash it down the drain. Our founder Katherine demonstrates and explains this here.
  The plastic wrap can also go with your soft plastics.
• The pulp trays are biodegradable after you've removed the plastic liner. The liner can go in the soft plastics and the tray in the recycling or even compost.
• The alfoil trays can be put in the home recycling (after being licked clean of course!).

This blog post also has some great tips and ideas on how to reuse our packaging.

Note: We are aware of the issues with soft plastics recycling at the moment. We are excited that some councils have taken a proactive approach and are offering soft plastic collections. To check what your council recommends, please visit https://arl.org.au/. In the item search field enter 'soft plastic' to receive the correct advice. We are working closely with our suppliers who are developing plastic-free or biodegradable liner options too. 

A newer solution that may be available to you (at a small cost) that we are very excited about as it provides a responsible way to recycle soft plastics. It's through a company called Recycle Smart. We would recommend having a look into them and seeing if this solution would work for you. Essentially you book a date and they'll come to your place and collect the soft plastics (and other recyclables) that you leave out for them. There is a small cost associated with this but it's the best way we've found to recycle the liners since RedCycle became unavailable.