Sustaining Our Future
At Jadcup, our approach to the environment is all-encompassing. We are a company with an environmental focus, so we are constantly striving for improvements and innovations to sustain our environment, as well as guarantee our own future.
YOUR LOCAL FOOD PACKAGING MANUFACTURER
100% NZ Owned and Operated
Environment
We promote sustainable packaging design and increase recycling rates. We encourage businesses to reduce the environmental impacts of consumer packaging and efforts to reduce packaging litter. We submit annual reports to demonstrate our progress against a rigorous set of environmental targets.
Sustainable Raw Material
Everything that goes into manufacturing Jadcup products is assessed for its impact on the environment. We only use papers and boards from large, reputable raw material suppliers, which means no old-growth forests are used. We keep the use of inks and adhesives to a minimum and prioritize the use of water-based and soy inks wherever possible as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to solvent-based inks. As part of our commitment to sustainable sourcing, and commits to using ethically sourced raw materials suppliers.
Responsible Manufacturing Practices
We regularly assess and update our manufacturing practices to ensure our processing is as sustainable as possible, and is in-line with, or ahead of industry standards. We are always aiming to reduce our inputs, including lowering our power and water usage and minimizing the use of solvent-based inks and adhesives.
At Jadcup, we are also mindful of our own use of packaging, and we use a minimal amount of packaging when delivering our products to customers. Our waste is always disposed of in line with the Environmental Protection Agency-approved practices.
End of Life Disposal
Jadcup promotes resource-saving designs and reducing the occurrence and impact of packaging waste. For the Inevitable single-use packaging, we promote recyclable and compostable products as the best end-of-life option. We also work closely with stakeholders in waste management and resource recovery to develop increasingly sustainable options for product disposal. The Jadcup team can provide you with the best packaging recommendations to suit your disposal or recycling expectations. We help our customers in achieving their own sustainability commitments by giving them choices.
All our compostable and biodegradable products are genuine and contain renewable resources that are grown and manufactured sustainably to reduce dependence on petroleum use. Our products contain no toxic or harmful ingredients and are sourced from sustainably managed forestry and is either FSC or PEFC accredited.
Packaging Choices
At Jadcup, creating a packaging solution that aligns with your specific environmental goals and packaging needs cant get any simpler. To help you make an educated decision, every product on our website has listed its raw or base material, the Environmental Checkpoint, which signifies whether it’s sustainable, compostable or recyclable, and its lining.
What does sustainable mean?
The paper or board material used in this product is sourced from responsible forestry, and the supplier has been audited for evidence of sustainable and ethical practices. It also means the raw materials are renewed at an equal rate to its consumption. Plantation forests are a good example of a sustainable paper source. Jadcup only uses paper and board from large reputable raw material suppliers, who we regularly audit.
What does recyclable mean?
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. ... Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air pollution (from incineration), and water pollution (from landfilling). If a Jadcup product is listed as recyclable, it means this product can be readily recycled via kerbside recycling streams once food residue has been removed.
What does compostable mean?
This product is biodegradable and compostable, and suitable for treatment in a commercial facility where it will break down within 90 days as defined by EU standard EN13432. Treatment at a commercial composting facility means the products will be subjected to optimum amounts of sunlight, temperature and moisture to break down. Compostable products can be placed in home compost bins, but the time it takes to break down will depend on how well you tend your compost heap. Compostable products should not be placed into regular kerbside recycling streams however some local government areas now accept compostable products in organics waste collection bins.
Framework for a better future
When it comes time to say goodbye to waste, there is a clear sequence in the preference of how it is dealt with. It is called the waste hierarchy.
The adjacent image shows the internationally accepted priority of how materials are disposed of at the end of their life. Moving from the most favorable option at the top to the least favorable at the bottom.
Jadcup offers products that fall into all categories in this hierarchy - reuse, recycle and recover are ways that will ultimately either help reduce materials or dispose of them. This means that some of our products can be used for multiple purposes, multiple times; all products offer some level of recyclability, and some products are compostable.
Reducing and Offsetting our Carbon Emissions