Packaging We reuse, repurpose, and recycle packaging whenever we can. If we have to buy new, we make sure that it's either compostable, recyclable, or made from recycled materials. The biodegradable packing peanuts are made from natural, nontoxic sources, such as wheat and corn starch. They dissolve in water and can be thrown into compost piles after a single use. We don't buy these, we reuse them from packaging we are sent from our suppliers. Clean paper, like tissue paper, butcher's paper, scrunched brown packing paper - all of these get sorted and reused to protect parcels. We don't get enough clean paper for our needs, so we also buy butcher's paper that's made from recycled newspaper. If we have to use new satchels, we choose certified compostable satchels from Heaps Good Packaging. We reuse as many cardboard boxes as we can for packing your orders. Boxes that are too large, or too damaged for us to reuse get collected and recycled by a specialist cardboard and paper recycler so that we know that it's actually being recycled. When we need extra cardboard boxes, we get them made locally (right here in Melbourne) so that we can reduce our eco footprint, and of course the boxes themselves are recyclable.