PLEASE NOTE: currently we have a surplus of most jars so we are unable to accept most donations, however we are happy to collect the following:
- jars you got from us in the first place
- jars sized 250ml or smaller
- reusable ice packs
Orders must be made at least 48 hours before your chosen collection day. Any late orders will not be processed until the following week. Please get in touch with us via email before ordering to check if we can accept a late collection.
You do not need to order a Jar Collection if you are expecting a delivery, we will automatically recollect your jars if you leave them out for the delivery driver on the day you are receiving a delivery!
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Do you have a collection of jars and/or icepacks to return to use?
We can collect them, whether you have 10 or 100, whether they are ours or others you have collected. We can reuse them in our zero waste meal box delivery service!
We have diverted and continue to divert thousands of jars (approx 120 tonnes as of December 2024!) from the energy intensive recycling process, and nearly as many ice packs from landfill, by giving them a second life in our reuse business model. Read more about this here!
WHAT WE USE:
- Clear Glass Jars: clean, undamaged and clear glass of any size up to 1 Litre, with flat twist top metal lids that close tightly. Labels on jars are fine, they don't need removing for our service.
- Icepacks: clean and undamaged, preferably the plain water ones, not gel ones. Please DEFROST them before donating as we can freeze them ourselves in our huge freezer!
WE DON'T WANT/CAN'T USE:
- glass bottles - we already have many and don't often use them
- plastic containers
- jars or lids with rust on them
- cans or any metal containers
- jars that aren't clear glass (i.e. frosty, green or brown)
- jars with plastic lids
- jars larger than 1 Litre
- bottles with unremovable plastic lids (ie. soy sauce bottles),
- jars that don't close (i.e. baby food jars).
- wine/beer/spirit bottles
- cardboard boxes
- basically anything that isn't a good old plain jar!
Please keep these other items and/or recycle them yourself with your local council. We are not a recycling service, so we can only take things we can re-use for our service. Thanks for understanding!
Unsure? Email us a photo of your collection and we will let you know what we can use!
How it works:
- Select the pickup day that suits your address's Delivery Zone from the drop down menu, and click add to cart. If you cannot leave your jar/s out for collection on your doorstep please include a note with instructions i.e. "box on back porch" or "please call on arrival" or "foyer door code xxxx, box under mailboxes". Please note we can only pick up jars within our current Delivery Zones in the Wellington Region.
- Complete your order via the checkout with correct address, email, and phone number.
- You do not need to purchase anything else to do this - the only cost is our storewide $5 delivery/collection fee*.
- You will then be added to our delivery/pickup schedule.
Prefer to drop off your jars for FREE?
Come by our address 25 Cairns St, Rongotai, from Monday-Friday 9am-6pm. If the warehouse is not open, please just leave the jars directly to the right of the door in the little space between the wall and the fence.
Thanks for helping us continue our Zero Waste Cycle! Any questions please don't hesitate to contact us!
*This is just to cover the cost of our delivery driver's time collecting your donation. If you are moving away and therefore can no longer order, please email us about a free collection. Alternatively you can drop donations off at our kitchen for free - see above.