Did you know, packaging is responsible for approximately 40% of the world’s plastic waste. Furthermore, globally, only about 9% of plastic waste is ultimately recycled.

At Baukjen, we believe it is our social and moral duty to take positive steps towards reducing our impact on the environment. Our packaging is one of the many ways we make a difference.

We took a long and surprisingly challenging journey to move away from plastic packaging towards a more sustainable but still premium solution. In 2018, with the help of carefully selected packaging suppliers, we were able to make huge strides and we’re proud to have phased out plastics completely. Your garments are sent to you in 100% plastic free, 100% recyclable packaging that’s made from 100% recycled materials and is biodegradable as well. Additionally, it is biodegradable and home-compostable. The majority of materials used to create our packaging are responsibly sourced.

“In October 2018, Baukjen and Isabella Oliver, became the first premium UK fashion retailers to have eradicated plastics from their packaging. It is such a big achievement and proves them as leaders in the industry, encouraging other brands to follow. They should be shouting this from the rooftops.”

- Fred Lill, Co-Founder of Lil Packaging

Typically, plastics used in ecommerce packaging are rarely recycled because they’re made with a base of varying colours/substrates (polybags, stretch, tape, jiffys, plastic voidfill) that it’s too time consuming for Recycling Centres to sort. We wanted to change that and provide our customers with packaging that was not only fully recyclable, but also easy to do so, even at home.

After the success of creating our recyclable packaging, we wanted to improve it even more, making our boxes 100% biodegradable. The final improvement made was to replace the sticky tear strip with an entirely cardboard based one. This ensures that our packaging is 100% biodegradable in 3 months – perfect to try home-composting. In order to biodegrade, the bag would need to be shredded, soaked and mixed with soil.

We would love to see you unboxing your parcel on social media and hear what you think about our #plasticfreepackaging. Please share this message to encourage other businesses to follow our lead and provide environmentally friendly packaging.

We have learnt a lot on this journey and want to explain the different logos you may come across in daily life. On our packaging...

Our packaging is sourced from an FSC certified supplier. It means that the packaging is sourced from responsibly managed backgrounds, both environmentally and socially. This certification lets you buy forest products with confidence that you are helping to ensure our forests are alive for generations to come.

When you see this logo on our packaging, it means that everything from the box, to the seal, to the tissue paper inside is covered by the certification of 100% biodegradable, 100% sustainable and 100% recyclable.

The designs on our packaging are printed with vegetable and water-based inks that do not release harmful chemicals into the environment whilst being made and printed. Meaning that we can still provide beautiful packaging for a memorable unboxing experience, whilst doing good for the environment.

This logo guarantees that no plastic is used in any of our packaging. You can shop with confidence that the packaging your garments arrive in is certified 100% plastic free and will not end up polluting the oceans.

This logo indicates that the item it is on is capable of being recycled and will sometimes include a percentage figure in the middle to show how much of the packaging contains recycled materials.

Seeing this logo on packing will mean that it is certified to be industrially compostable. Often these products are made from compostable plastics that are designed to break down. Plastics that carry this symbol can be recycled with your garden waste through your local authority

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