Sustainability

1. We buy local packaging

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     - local eskies, local packing materials, local ice bricks*

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• our eskies used to ship your products are purchased from local Australian manufacturer, Polyfoam, Australia's leading custom polystyrene moulder (Darra, Outer Brisbane, QLD)
   

• our aqua green shipping bags and packing materials are purchased from local Australian manufacturer, Biogone (Sunshine West, VIC)

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• our ice bricks, used to ship with your consumable items, are from Medi-Ice Pak, an Australian family owned and operated company, with a manufacturing facility in Salisbury, Outer Brisbane, QLD, where 95% of their stock is made 

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2. We buy recyclable packaging products that do not harm the environment

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• our Polyfoam eskies are made from Expanded Polystyrene (also known as EPS). EPS is excellent at absorbing shocks and protecting delicate items.  EPS is resource efficient. The manufacturing uses little energy and has a low environmental impact. EPS products reduce energy consumption through insulation systems and fuel usage, due to being lightweight, reducing climate-damaging C02 emissions. EPS is inert and doesn’t produce any methane gas or contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). This means it does not harm human or animal health, or the environment. EPS is odourless and non-toxic. It does not, nor has it ever emitted chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). 100% recyclable.

       (see: https://www.polyfoam.com.au/sustainability/ for more information)

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• our Biogone packing materials are landfill biodegradable, including:

  • the aqua green shipping bags and clear pockets used to contain consumables are made from Landfill-Biodegradable plastic

  • the clear tape used to seal our boxes and eskies is Biogone's Landfill-Biodegradable packing tape

  • the green bubble wrap used to cushion your items  Biogone's Landfill-Biodegradable bubble wrap which biodegrades approximately 90% faster in landfills than conventional plastic—while still being recyclable with soft plastics

​        (see: https://www.biogone.com.au/faqs/landfill-biodegradable/ for more information)

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• our Medi-Ice Pak freezer bricks are re-usable, non-toxic, non-caustic, environmentally friendly and last 5 times longer than crushed ice

       (see: https://medi-icepak.com.au/ for more information)

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3. We reuse boxes, ice bricks and packing materials

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• your shipment may not always look pretty, but that could be because we have packaged it in a re-used box and we have re-used some of the packing materials from one of our various overseas suppliers to ship your order

• *note: we reuse ice bricks that have been supplied from overseas manufacturers too

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4. Minimal hard copy documentation

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• we typically supply our products with the minimum of hard copy documentation, we provide a link to the manufacturer's website on all products for access to SDS, CoA, shelf life information, product datasheets and White Papers, ensuring you have access to the latest information regarding your product and minimising the impact on the environment

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For more information on the products we use to ship your orders, please visit:

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