At The English Truffle Company we care a great deal about the environment. We are working hard to make our packaging “greener” while ensuring your order gets to you in great condition. Plastic is being reduced, with full removal our goal. We are also increasing our use of recycled materials. Here we give you information to help you reuse and recycle the packaging you receive. We appreciate any more reuse ideas, feedback or suggestions, do please get in touch. If you want to know more about how you can reuse or recycle items such as these, please see the Recycle Now web site.
Truffles
Information Leaflet – These leaflets are printed on recycled paper.
Recycle These can be recycled in your household recycling collection or at a recycling bank.
Kitchen Towel – We wrap your truffles in kitchen towel to keep them dry. This is made in the UK from 100% recycled paper.
Recycle You can add this to your garden compost bin. Some local authorities will allow you to put a small amount of kitchen towel in the food waste bin – check with them in the first instance.
If you cannot do either of the above, it should be placed in your waste bin.
Food Vacuum Sealer Bags – We use compostable, environmentally-friendly, and sustainable vacuum pouches made from plant sources.
Recycle These are suitable for commercial composting. You can add them to your garden waste or food caddy, but please check with your local authority.
If you cannot do either of the above, they should be placed in your waste bin.
Void Fill Paper – We use 100% recycled void fill paper to protect your truffles in transit. It is recyclable, biodegradable and 100% compostable.
Reuse You can reuse the paper for wrapping delicate items.
Recycle You can recycle the paper in with your kerbside recycling, or take it to a recycling bank. It could also be added to your compost heap.
Cardboard Boxes – The cardboard boxes we use are made from recycled material. They are 100% recyclable and degradable.
Reuse Your local school or playgroup may use cardboard boxes for craft projects. Smaller boxes can be re-used as gift boxes or for storage. They can also be used for mulching and compost in the garden.
Recycle Most local authority kerbside schemes will collect cardboard, or you can take it to a recycling bank.
Truffle Trees
Cardboard Boxes / Tubes – Depending upon the size of your order and the time of year your trees may be in a box or cardboard tube.
Reuse Your local school or playgroup may use cardboard boxes or tubes for craft projects. Smaller boxes can be re-used as gift boxes or for storage. Larger ones can be re-used if you or your friends / neighbours move to a new house. They can also be used for mulching and compost in the garden or under-the-bed storage. Cardboard tubes can be reused in many ways, search online.
Recycle Most local authority kerbside schemes will collect cardboard, or you can take it to a recycling bank.
Packing Chips – Our tree suppliers trialled biodegradable packing chips but unfortunately they did not protect the trees as well as polystyrene chips do as they were not dense enough. Regrettably therefore, trees in boxes are protected by polystyrene chips. The ones used are manufactured from 100% recycled polystyrene. While industry can recycle their polystyrene waste, most householders are unable to recycle it.
Reuse You can reuse polystyrene chips for cushioning delicate items in a house move or for sending breakables through the post.
Cling Film – For shipping, the roots of truffle trees are wrapped in cling film to retain moisture and contain the soil. When removed the film is likely to be wet and dirty. Our suppliers are looking at alternatives.
Books
Book Boxes – To get the books to you in excellent condition we use book boxes made from recycled cardboard and secured with paper tape.
Reuse Try to reuse the boxes by adding new labels.
Recycle They can be put in your household recycling or compost heap.
Truffle Shavers
Boxes – these are made of cardboard. Occasionally they may have a plastic “window”. Please remove this as it cannot currently be recycled.
Recycle Most local authority kerbside schemes will collect cardboard, or you can take it to a recycling bank. It could also be added to your compost heap.
Padded Envelopes – Most padded envelopes are made of paper and plastic bubble-wrap so cannot be easily recycled. We use eco-friendly padded envelopes. These envelopes have paper outer and an inner section of paper corrugated fluting to protect your goods.
Reuse Try to reuse the envelopes by adding new labels.
Recycle They can be put in your household recycling.