We understand our customers want us to reuse packaging and to make it easier for them to recycle. We also know that packaging plays a key role in protecting products during transport, extending product life, keeping food safe and reducing food waste.
Look out for the ARL logo on Coles Own Brand products for guidance on how to dispose of the packaging.
Coles Green Choice
Our Coles Green Choice disposable tableware range is made with sugarcane pulp, a by-product of the sugar refining industry. Sugarcane pulp offers an alternative to paper which is plant-based and rapidly renewable.
At Coles, we're working towards all Own Brand product packaging being 100% recyclable, reuseable or compostable by 2025.
We are striving to roll out the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL) and all Coles Own Brand packaging will carry the ARL by 2025. The ARL provides guidance on what packaging components can be disposed of according to different waste streams.
Box
The black mobius loop means that this piece of packaging can be placed in the recycling bin as it is. Each piece of packaging with this label must be placed separately in the recycling bin.
Foil
The white mobius loop means that you must follow the instructions to recycle this packaging component. If you don’t follow the instructions it must be placed in the landfill bin, as it will otherwise not be recycled and cause contamination to the recycling stream.
Lid
The bin symbol, means that this piece of packaging is not recyclable and you must place it in the landfill bin. Do not place it in the recycling bin. It will not get recycled and it will contaminate the recycling stream.
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