Homegrown Harraways Oats fans, within New Zealand consume approximately 2.2 million of their oats bags every year!
So, it makes sense that oats packaging is the first consideration for the company, regarding the sustainability ‘must do’ list.
After a whole lot of research, Harraways decided that recyclable soft plastic is the best option for its oat bags, at least in the short to medium term.
As a result, the range of bags that contain Harraways oats are thin and lightweight, which means Harraways can both minimize packaging, but offer optimum freshness.
How to recycle your harraways bags
After enjoying your delicious oats, please clean and dry your pack and drop it into a soft plastics recycling bin at a participating store. It will be made into new and useful products, like fence posts for Kiwi farms. Thank you for helping us keep New Zealand clean.
To find participating stores, follow the link below:
What happens to the packaging, once collected in the bins?
Once collected, the packaging is sent to specialist recyclers here in NZ. Long story short your soft plastics are repurposed into new and wonderful products. Click on the two links below to see how ‘Future Post’ and ‘2nd Life Plastics’ give your bags another life and deliver true sustainability of New Zealand and the world’s precious resources
Future Post
A better performing, longer lasting post product that’s also better for the environment.
Second life plastics
Injecting new life into old plastic via the committed team based in Levin, Horowhenua, New Zealand.
