Re-use is by far the best way to reduce energy consumption, waste, pollution and carbon emissions
Packaging is a huge environmental and ethical issue. Over 1.3 billion plastic bottles are sold every single day with the vast majority ending up as waste within minutes of being used! In less than 30 years we are projected to have more plastic waste in the oceans than the fish that swim there!
https://www.oecd.org/environment/waste/policy-highlights-improving-plastics-management.pdf
And yet when it comes to waste and greenhouse gasses one thing stands out crystal clear - it is much, much, much better if we simply re-use what we have already made. Choosing to participate in a re-use scheme is not just a little bit better for our planet but OVERWHELMINGLY SO, and we believe this has to be something we go for right now.
This is why we are in the process of testing a buy-back and re-use scheme that we trust will become a paradigm shift in packaging.
To make this re-use scheme work the majority of our packaging will be made from glass and aluminium. Even though these materials have a higher initial energy demand than plastics the huge difference is that they can be easily re-used and recycled almost indefinitely*.
* Do you know that Aluminium can be recycled for less than 5% of the energy requirement for its initial manufacture. Sadly, most plastics can be recycled only once or twice, with the very best PET plastic around six times only!
The glassware we’ve chosen is high quality Miron which is strong, re-usable and helps preserve the product inside. With difficult to recycle components (like pumps) we’ve gone for high quality in order to ensure many years of use.