To be honest, we’ve always reused the boxes that our fruit originally came in, because as a small business it just makes financial sense to not purchase another packaging item. It’s cheaper for us and means we don't have to pass any additional costs on to you. 

For a while we aspired to deliver fruit to our clients in new, 'fresh-off-the-press' boxes, branded with our logo, because that looks more professional, right? But since beginning this transformative business journey, we now understand that reusing a resource for the maximum amount of times possible is the goal to shoot for when it comes to sustainability. Why?

Producing those new boxes uses resources and creates an initial Co2e load. The recycling process consumes energy and additional resources, has a substantial carbon footprint, and degrades the cardboard with each cycle until it is no longer usable. And a single use then off to landfill or incineration is clearly the worst outcome on all fronts!

The dream is to collect our emptied boxes back from you each week when we make your next delivery, and keep them in circulation for as long as they're fit for purpose. This would keep waste out of your stream, keep us stocked up with a very precious resource, and be a small action that helps us all hit our sustainability goals. 

If keeping your box (and any other packaging from us) for collection and re-use is logistically feasible for you, please get in touch. We’re curious to see how many times we can re-use by working together, and see if we can calculate what that equates to in overall Co2 reduction!

We appreciate our boxes aren’t ‘presentation ready’ so if aesthetics are important in your work setting, we have a couple of options for you to try.