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Help us close the loop
We designed our bottles to be reused. So, when you've used up all your oil, re-order with our pouches. These are lighter (by weight and from a carbon footprint perspective)—winging through the post in a better and more convenient way for you.
Return your pouches in 3 easy steps...
Get one of our olive oil bottles (which come full) or use your own vessel. It's best to use a funnel or remove the spout when it comes to the next step...
Use our refill pouches to top up on the good stuff. Make sure you give it a clean every 3 months (or annually at a minimum).
Save a couple up (the more, the better). Then just write "FREEPOST SAVEOURSOIL" on the parcel. No postage required. Bonus points if you re-use an old box. Pop this in the post!
We sort this through a private recycling programme. That way, your old pouches are turned into plastic granules and transformed into new products once again.
The carbon difference in pouches versus glass
Packaging has been, by far, the most difficult part of our whole sustainability mission.
But we're always looking for new solutions to improve.
Here's what we've learned on the journey to finding what works best for extra virgin olive oil:
Our pouches produce 15 times less carbon than our bottles, making them a significantly lower footprint than the traditional glass option.
The main contributing factor is that glass is heavier than plastic, so it takes more fuel to transport for the same distance as a lighter alternative. The consumption of more fuel means more carbon emissions, which has a greater negative environmental impact. We also have to use significantly more packaging to transport glass to prevent breakages, which isn't even calculated in that top-line number, but those extra items also add into the overall impact.
(Source: calculated by ClimatePartner in March 2023; these figures only reflect the packaging alone and not the overall product itself)
We're working with ClimatePartner and continue to speak with sustainability consultants to improve this. This includes ensuring we apply the packaging best-suited to keep our impact low while preserving the high quality of our extra virgin olive oils all the way from our farmers to your tables.
More on how our olive oil refills work...
We use Zero Waste Box™ by TerraCycle® to recycle our packaging/waste that are not currently recycled by traditional recycling facilities.
At TerraCycle®, your old pouches are turned into plastic granules and transformed into new products. So instead of being landfilled or incinerated, the pouches are turned into raw materials that can be reused.
👀 There's also an option to drop off at some soft-plastic recycling points around the country, so check those out here.
Due to the nature of extra virgin olive oil, we currently have to use a plastic pouch made from PET12/
7ALU/ 15NY/ PE120. We are actively looking for a plant-based alternative. If you know of any food-grade, hardy materials for oil—drop us a line.
Pop out the spout and give it a rinse with soap and water regularly (we recommend every 3 months, but once a year at a minimum).
We took a lot of lessons (and any stats available) from the wine industry, especially since we wanted to use a wine bottle. And we saw that around 40% of emissions from a bottle of wine are generated by the glass bottle. (Imperial)
We also saw know that “roughly two-thirds of those CO2 emissions are from the production of the wine and the glass bottle. The rest is down to transportation.” (The Guardian)
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