Reuse or Recycle Information

There are 3 sizes of cool boxes ranging from 28 – 42 litres, all are recyclable & biodegradable. Our strong double skinned cardboard delivery boxes are great for storing items at home or to Reuse as a cool boxes for food.

Ideas on how to Reuse your Cardboard Delivery Boxes:

• Perfect for storing heavy or awkward fragile items in dry areas; loft, garage, shed, utility room
• As our boxes are double skinned, they absorb water very well. This is great when you fold the box flat & place into the ground under newly planted trees or shrubs. They release the water slowly keeping the plants above fed, especially as we are experiencing longer dry spells with climate change.
• If you have a few boxes they can be used to make free shelving for an area in the house that would be expensive to build shelves in. Simply staple them together & place on their side stacked giving you instant (but not permanent) shelves.
• Empty cardboard boxes are great fun for small pets, cats & rabbits especially. They enjoy playing in them or simply place a soft blanket inside to create a warm safe space for them to sleep.
• Reuse the cardboard delivery box with the insulated liner & Slow thaw Gel Packs to keep it as a “Cool Box” for the car when away for foodstuffs or your meat. If you are travelling by car for a getaway break, you know your meat or food will be very cold until you can place under refrigeration.
• Reuse the cardboard delivery box for holding hot smoked meats. Many of you smoke our Barbecue Meats & will need to rest or hold this before serving. Place the insulated liner & the polystyrene sheets inside the box with your meats wrapped, then fold the liner tight over the meats to seal in the heat. This will keep your smoked meats hot for hours. You can use this as many times as you need for a great way to Reuse your box.

How to Recycle your Cardboard Delivery Boxes:

• Remove all other packaging from inside, peel of the assembly tape, fold flat & place into your appropriate recycling bin for collection.

The insulated Liners are very efficient at keeping heat in or out & compact when folded flat. The simple design with air pockets in a strong plastic make these very robust also. They are expensive to produce but, worth every penny as there are many ways to Reuse them & easily recycled.

How to Reuse your Insulated Box Liner:

• Place the liner inside in an ordinary large shopping bag & you now have an easily carried “Cool Bag” for all your chilled or frozen shopping.
• Your new Cool Bag can be used for storing cold foods when taking a picnic down to the beach, or bringing food & drinks to the party.
• Place the liner inside your cardboard delivery box & you can hold hot smoked meats for hours before serving to your guests.
• One of the most efficient ways of Reusing your Insulated Box Liner is to open it out completely flat & slide behind a radiator (on an outside wall). Mark up where the radiator brackets are on the liner, make the cuts above the marks about 14 inches long through the liner, then slide down behind the radiator. This will reflect more heat into the room making your radiator much more efficient, saving you money on your energy bills.
• The insulated liners are waterproof & protect your meats when being delivered. As the liners offer padding they are perfect to use when kneeling down in the garden. They can be easily washed & reused.
• those of you that have parked their car in the sunshine know that it gets so hot inside after a short period of time. Open out the liner & place across the inside of your windscreen. This reflects the sun  & keeps your car cooler for longer.

How to Recycle your Insulated Liner:

To Recycle your insulated liner; make sure it is empty, then fold down flat & place in to the plastic section of your home recycling bin for collection.

Our bespoke “Slow Thaw Gel Packs” are designed to keep larger areas cold & insulated from outside temperatures, this makes them perfect for keeping food cold & frozen. Combined with our boxes, liners, shredded cardboard & polystyrene sheets, make our cool boxes very efficient.

We have thousands of these produced at great expense, so we encourage all our customers to collect them for future use. These Gel Packs are easily stored flat in a cupboard to reuse them, simply place in your freezer until solid.

Ideas on how to Reuse your Slow Thaw Gel Packs:

• These make great wine bottle coolers, just wrap around the bottle & enjoy cold drinks.
• Wrap in a towel & place on a sprain or muscle injury to reduce swelling
• Use multiple packs in the water bath to keep your drinks cold at Barbecues
• Place in your cold boxes for carrying food for a picnic, open air concert etc
• Place a stack of these on a chair in front of an electric fan to cool the air flow between them for especially hot days for small children, pets etc

How to Recycle your Slow Thaw Gel Packs:

• To recycle your Gel Packs; simply cut carefully through the plastic skin & flush down the sink with warm water as the gel is biodegradable. The plastic skins can then be placed into the recycle bin for collection.

Polystyrene is a great way of affordably insulating a box. It is lightweight & doesn’t take much room whilst protecting the meat cuts inside. As this is not the easiest for councils to recycle, we only use polystyrene that is made from 25% recycled materials. These pre-cut 10mm sheets are easy to Reuse or recycle with many uses.

Different ways to Reuse your insulated Polystyrene Sheets:

• One of the most obvious ways to Reuse your polystyrene sheets is to use it as insulation. These 10 mm thick sheets are easy to slide behind radiators or use against walls of a shed to keep the internal temperature higher if you have a chest freezer in there.
• The polystyrene sheets we use are fairly dense & not the cheap type that turns your room into a snow globe when touched! This makes them ideal to be Reused as packing material for fragile items that need extra layers round them when being sent in the post or stored. When moving house this can be cut & taped to vulnerable pieces of furniture preventing damage.
• Many people enjoy having flower boxes on their patios at home, use sections cut to size placed at the bottom with holes punctured through to provide drainage & prevent the soil from escaping out of the bottom.
• Crafting & modelling are popular hobbies which can be expensive. These sheets are easy to cut, glue & paint, making them fee to use for these hobbies. Children love playing with something that is easy & fun to use, hours of affordable fun.

How to Recycle your Polystyrene Sheets:

Make sure the sheets are clean & place them into the appropriate section of your recycle Bin for collection.

Reusing our cardboard meat boxes is one of the greenest ways to reduce our Carbon Footprint. We reuse them for wholesale orders & we shred them to use in home delivery orders as Void Fill to keep the cold in the meat cuts.

Ways to Reuse your Shredded Cardboard:

Most people have to buy packing materials when sending out parcels, just Reuse the shredded cardboard in your home delivery box, it’s free & very strong.

Smaller pets use paper for their bedding which can be costly, just use the clean shredded cardboard from your order as replacement.

Cardboard is a poor conductor of heat & makes great insulation. This can be used (dry areas only) to prevent draughts in roof spaces, cavity walls etc

How to Recycle your Shredded Cardboard:

• When you are finished with your Shredded Cardboard, simply place these into the paper & cardboard section of your recycle bin for collection.
• As cardboard is a Carbon Rich material, it’s ideal to mix in with your compost. Tear this up & mix with your garden waste for compost on your flower beds.