We've put a lot of care into designing our packaging and making sure that it's efficient, lovely to look at, and as sustainable/green as possible. Here's what you can do with our boxes and what comes inside them:The box, ice packs, and pouchesOur boxes and ice packs are fully recyclable (or you can reuse the ice packs to keep your lunch or a cheeky picnic cool).Our pouches are currently not recyclable in any scheme (even, unfortunately, if the schemes say they can take all pet food pouches). Our pouches are a bit different, you see. They’re made using a particular plastic that can withstand our unique cooking and freezing process because we choose to cook our meals in the pouches themselves, to help lock in the flavour. Although it’s not perfect, our method allows us to cook at lower temperatures and also means we never need to use any additives or preservatives, which in turn actually means less impact on the planet than traditional pet food manufacturing.Ultimately, we know single-use plastic isn't the sustainable solution, which is why we’re working to find an alternative and recyclable solution by the end of 2022.The Woolcool (UK customers only)With the help of our friends at WoolCool, we’ve created a return scheme for the insulation we use in our boxes to keep your pouches nice and cool. Here's 2 ways to go about sending your woolly wonders back:Royal Mail Website:1. Click this link and fill in all of your details.2. The Royal Mail will send you an email with a QR code. Take the email and your packaged item to a Post Office branch or Royal Mail Customer Service Point (CSP). They'll then scan the QR code and print the label for you. If you choose a CSP, check before you go that it can print labels. Check their location finder and look for ‘Label printing service is available’ under 'facilities'.Collect Plus Website:Receive your Butternut Box, expect tail wags.Once you've unpacked all of the meals into your fridge and/or freezer, pop all of the WoolCool from your delivery back into one of our boxes to store it - plastic wrapping and all. After each delivery, pack as many sheets of WoolCool as you can into the same box so that you only need to send it back every so often.Find a Woolcool return label that we've sent you (we'll pop one into every few boxes unless you'd like us not to - just let us know). Or download and print a label here https://www.collectplus.co.uk/woolcool.Stick the label to your box full of WoolCool, and make sure to cover or remove any old labels to avoid confusion.Drop the box off at one of 7000 CollectPlus drop-off points. You can find where these are on the CollectPlus website - just use your postcode to search your nearest location.WoolCool will clean, reprocess, and make new sheets of insulation out of all your returned wool. Magic.