Plug Plant Packaging
Made from 100% Breakdown PET, which is designed to be recycled. Please put the packaging out in your correct recycling bin. However, huge amounts of recyclable packaging still finds its way into landfill. Breakdown PET has the added advantage that it will break down within a few years instead of hundreds.

This packaging is also produced in the UK which cuts down on carbon emissions from freight. Packaging is also designed to fit through your letterbox. We stock packaging for 6, 12 and 18 plugs, all of which will fit through your letterbox.

Plug Plant Outer Packaging
We use two types of Mailer Bags for our Chilli Plugs. Our preferred Bags are made from 100% Potato Starch. However, these are available in only one size which does not fit all our plug containers. The second Mailer Bag we stock is still 100% Biodegradable, made from Virgin Polymer with a biodegradable additive.

Documents Enclosed Wallets We have switched to biodegradable documents wallets; they might seem like a very small item but over the course of a year, they can really add up! We did have to lodge a complaint that the biodegradable wallets were supplied to us in a plastic bag though.

Plant Packaging
Our plant packaging is made from 100% recycled PET and is also fully recyclable, so please dispose of in your recycling bins. We are still looking for fully biodegradable options but they don't seem to be available just yet.

Outer Plant Packaging
We use single-wall cardboard boxes for the outer packaging of our plants, which is of course fully biodegradable and very secure. Where possible we reuse boxes that have been sent to us.

Seed Packaging
Our seed envelopes are made from uncoated paper which degrades quicker and more efficiently that coated papers. We have stopped using jiffy bubblewrap padded envelopes and switched to strong, cardboard-banked envelopes. These do not contain any plastics and are fully biodegradable.

Dried Chillies
Our dried chillies come supplied in fully biodegradable stand-up pouches. Whilst they cost a few pence more, our chillies are a natural product that needn’t cost the earth.

Gift Packaging
Where possible, we are avoiding high gloss, high impact packaging and instead opting for uncoated papers and simple cardboard. We do not add outer plastic wraps and where possible used biodegradable alternatives such as cellulose-based bags.

Fillers
Where possible, we re-use bubblewraps and packing peanuts that have been sent to us. Should we need any extra fillers, we use packing paper and biodegradable packing peanuts made from cornstarch. Why anyone uses anything else is a mystery, they are no more expensive and every bit as good.

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