100% of our packaging is plastic-free and is either recyclable or compostable.
Ever since 2002, we have cared about the environment. Starting the business by the seaside in Dorset a few years after sailing around the world in the BT Global Challenge Round the World Yacht Race & then becoming a mum, I (Claire) feel that we have a duty to look after our planet as much as we can & leave as light a footprint as possible and so were paying attention to our packaging formats before it was a concern.
As both of us are sailors, we are very aware of what is happening to our oceans as they become increasingly polluted by plastic. I was very upset to hear that microplastics were found deep in the Southern Ocean in the latest Volvo Ocean race, a part of the world that was pristine when I was so privileged to sail there back in the late 1990s.
For example, since launch, our Selection Boxes have always had cardboard grids inside to hold each chocolate in place, have never had plastic trays (as so many of our competitors use) & they never will have! We were well ahead of the curve on that front as no-one was even thinking about that back in 2002.
We have also always only ever offered paper carrier bags & any items, such as bags for loose chocolates, which look like they are made of plastic, are actually made of home compostable woodpulp.
