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Packaging · what to do with it
Recycling, simply
The rules of the house, written like humans wrote them. Ordering, delivery, subscriptions and what happens if something goes wrong.
Sort it in ten seconds
What goes where
Four materials, four answers. Nothing we use needs a special trip.
Glass bottles
Kombucha & tibicos · 33 cl
Plain, uncoloured glass with a metal crown cap. Best of all, rinse it and keep it, or bring it back to us: we have them cleaned professionally and refill them (see below).
When a bottle has truly reached the end, pop the cap off and sort the two: glass in the bottle bank, cap with metals.
→ Reuse, return, or glass bank
Glass jars
Kimchi · 250 g
Thick glass with a metal lid. Endlessly reusable, and genuinely one of the most useful objects in a kitchen.
Keep them, or hand them back to us, and only send the glass to the bottle bank once a jar has truly had its day (metal lid with the metals). See below for reuse and return.
→ Reuse, return, or glass bank
Tempeh wrap
Plant-based film · 200 g
Our tempeh comes in compostable, biodegradable, plant-based packaging, with no fossil plastic at all. It was the single biggest change we made to cut waste.
Straight into your compost or green waste. No rinsing needed.
→ Compost / green waste
Kit wrap
Kombucha & tibicos kits
The wrapping the kit components come in is compostable and biodegradable, plant-based despite its blue colour (we know, it throws people).
Straight into your compost or green waste, just like the tempeh wrap.
→ Compost / green waste
Shipping box & filler
Cardboard & paper
Plain kraft cardboard, paper tape (no plastic tape) and paper padding. No wool, no bubble wrap, no polystyrene, ever.
If you ever find a piece of plastic wrapping in there, it reached us as a by-product of something else, and we are simply giving it a second, longer life. We never buy plastic wrapping ourselves.
When we ship tempeh cold through the hot months, everything in the box is paper too, and the ice pads are the most sustainable we could find. They are made from paper with a chemical-free liquid inside, so you can reuse the pad, or empty it into the sink and recycle the paper.
Flatten the box for paper collection; the padding goes with it.
→ Paper & cardboard collection
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Bring it back · jars & bottles
Give them
a second life
We are not yet a formal deposit scheme, but we would love your empty Ragi jars and bottles back. Rinse them, hand them over, and we have them cleaned professionally in Lausanne and use them again, which beats melting them down. Or keep them, they are far too useful to bin.
Keep the jars
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Make jams, chutneys or sauces
Fill them with seeds, grains, spices or dry goods
Store leftovers, brine, dressings or overnight oats
Sprout seeds, propagate cuttings, or use one as a drinking glass
Keep the bottles
A single-stem vase for a flower or two
A refillable soap or oil dispenser
A home cleaning or glass spray (recipe below)
A water or cordial bottle for the fridge
Turn a bottle into something useful
Three caps fit our bottles. Ask for a spray trigger, a soap-dispenser pump or a flip lid, and we will pop one in with your next order.
Spray trigger
Soap pump
Flip lid
Three things to make in a Ragi bottle
Citrus vinegar
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Collect peels of lemon, orange, mandarin and/or grapefruit and put them in a clean jar.
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Add cider, white or wine vinegar until the peels are completely submerged.
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Close the lid and let it macerate for 1 week.
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Strain and store in a Ragi bottle with the flip lid.
Then put it to work around the house: descale the kettle, cut through grease, and shine up glass, taps and surfaces.
Multipurpose spray
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Warm ½ cup water with 1 tsp grated Marseille soap over medium heat, stirring until dissolved.
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Off the heat, add ¼ cup citrus vinegar and 10 drops of lemon essential oil.
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Store in a Ragi bottle with the spray trigger. Shake before using.
Dish soap
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Warm ½ cup water with 4 tbsp grated Marseille soap over medium heat, stirring until dissolved.
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Off the heat, wait 5 minutes to cool, then add 20 drops of lemon essential oil and stir.
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Store in a Ragi bottle with the soap pump.
Where to drop them off
To return them rinsed, bring them straight to us in Lutry, drop them at Racines in Lausanne, or leave them at any Kiss the Ground. It is logistically fiddly and, we are sorry, only possible in Romandie for the moment.
