At Bakedin, we’re working hard to reduce our impact on the environment. We’re by no means perfect, but we’re trying! Read on to find out all about the materials we use, what we're doing to reduce food waste and some all-important information on how to recycle the packaging from your favourite Bakedin products.
Did you know that food waste is the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions? Or that we throw away over a third of all the food we produce every year - worth over $1 trillion each year? These are shocking statistics that we all must do more to improve.
Combating food waste is one of the main reasons we started the business. Have you ever bought ingredients for a bake you had no intention of baking again, but needed to buy way more than you need? We’ve been there!
That’s why we only provide you with the exact amount of ingredients you’ll need to make your bake, so you won’t need to throw any ingredients away during or after the bake.
Before your Baking Club box is dispatched, we send you details of the ingredients you’ll need to buy for the bake including exact weights and measurements. This helps you to only buy the exact amount you’ll need, therefore minimising any excess. So when we ask for fresh ingredients to be added, these are nearly always kitchen essentials (butter and eggs, for example) that you’re likely to have in your cupboards at home. Any additional ingredients, such as fresh fruit, are also easy to find and we try to use the whole fruit in the bake (think lemon juice and zest!)
From April 2019, we have also included storage instructions on our Baking Club boxes to make sure you can keep your bakes fresher for longer. They’re therefore less likely to be wasted.
When we buy the dry ingredients to make our Baking Club boxes, we have a cut-off date of the 1st of the month. This helps us to accurately measure the exact amount of ingredients we’ll need to make for that month and minimise waste. Any excess ingredients, such as flour and sugar, can be used in future boxes.
When we package our products, we have a tough balance to strike between food safety and our commitment to the environment.
To give you the ‘baking from scratch’ experience at home, the dry ingredients need to be packaged separately in food-safe packaging, which isn’t always easy to recycle. That said, the vast majority of our packaging is recyclable (including the single-use plastic sachets), but our local councils aren’t doing a very good job of recycling them yet. Mixed plastic recycling is expected to be more widely available in the next few years, we just need to keep the pressure on our local councils to make sure this happens.
The table below shows the materials we use as well as all the details you need to recycle them, where possible.
|
Item |
Purpose |
Material |
Recyclable |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aluminium Tray |
Disposable baking trays included in Iced Cinnamon Bun, Rainbow Cake, Chocolate Layer Cake and Strawberry & Prosecco Cake Kits |
Aluminium |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Box (Green Baking Club Box) |
Outer packaging for Baking Club boxes |
Cardboard |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Box (Brown Baking & Cake Kit Boxes) |
Outer packaging for the Choc Mallow Melt, Double Chocolate Brownie and Iced Cinnamon Bun Baking Kits as well as the Sticky Toffee, Rainbow, Chocolate Layer, Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kits and Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Cardboard |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Box (Brown Dispatch Boxes) |
Double-walled boxes used for orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
Cardboard |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Box (Mug Baking 3 packs) |
Outer packaging for all flavours of Mug Baking 3 packs |
Cardboard |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Box (Mug Gift Sets) |
Outer packaging for all flavours of Mug Gift Sets |
Laminated card |
Not currently recyclable through kerbside programmes due to the lamination |
|
Box (Pink Mug Baking Sample Boxes) |
Mug Baking Sample Box |
Cardboard |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Butter Measure |
Handy extra included in Baking Club boxes as well as Choc Mallow Melt, Double Chocolate Brownie and Iced Cinnamon Bun Baking Kits, Sticky Toffee, Rainbow, Chocolate Layer and Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kits and the Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Responsibly sourced paper with plant-based inks |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Cake Board |
Handy extra included in Rainbow, Chocolate Layer and Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kits |
Card |
Recyclable where facilities exist |
|
Cake Card Packaging |
Outer packaging on all flavours of cake kit |
Card |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Cupcake Cases |
Handy extra included in Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Responsibly sourced paper |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes before use. Once the cupcake cases have been used in baking, they will no longer be recyclable due to fatty residue |
|
Filler Cushions |
Protective packaging material used for orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Grade 2, filled with air |
Pop filler cushion & fully recyclable through kerbside programs |
|
Glass Bottles |
Miniature alcohol bottles included in Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kit and Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Glass |
Recyclable where facilities exist |
|
Invoice Paper |
Printed information included in orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
Responsibly sourced paper |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Nozzle |
Handy extra included in Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Metal |
No need to recycle - it’s yours to keep forever! |
|
Packing Peanuts |
Protective packaging material used for orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
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Re-use for future packing needs! |
|
Padded Envelopes |
Protective packaging used in small orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
Mixed materials, including responsibly sourced paper |
Not currently recyclable due to being made of mixed materials. They’re very easy to re-use though! |
|
Plastic Ingredient Sachet |
Packaging dry ingredients in all Bakedin products |
Heat-sealed Polypropylene (PP) Grade 5 |
Recyclable where facilities exist |
|
Plastic Pot |
Mug baking single pots |
Polypropylene (PP) Grade 5 |
Recyclable where facilities exist, but we love reusing our plastic pots all around the kitchen! |
|
Piping Bag |
Baking Club boxes, Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Grade 4 |
Recyclable where facilities exist |
|
Promotional Leaflets |
Orders dispatched from bakedin.co.uk |
Responsibly sourced paper with plant-based inks |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Recipe Cards |
Baking Club boxes, All baking kits and cake kits |
Responsibly sourced paper with plant-based inks |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Siliconised Baking Paper |
Baking Club boxes |
Silicone coated paper |
Not currently recyclable due to being made from mixed materials |
|
Sleeve (Cake & Baking kits) |
Decorative packaging for Choc Mallow Melt, Double Chocolate Brownie and Iced Cinnamon Bun Baking Kits, Sticky Toffee, Rainbow, Chocolate Layer and Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kits as well as Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Responsibly sourced paper with plant-based inks |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
|
Testing Skewer |
Handy extra included in Baking Club boxes, Double Chocolate Brownie Baking Kit, Sticky Toffee, Rainbow, Chocolate Layer and Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kits and Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Bamboo |
Biodegradable |
|
Tissue Paper |
Internal packaging in Prosecco & Strawberry Cake Kit and Gin & Tonic Cupcake Kit |
Acid-free tissue paper |
Fully recyclable through kerbside programmes |
We’ll continue to update this page as we update our packaging or have any information on more sustainable alternatives.
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