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returnable reusable

we collect our packaging for reuse

Leave it out for collection with your next delivery.​

That means your flat-packed boxes, cooler boxes, pouches and ice pack water bottles. Thank you!

Together we're minimising waste with circular solutions, creativity and a good dose of teamwork.​

At Fair Food we’re mindful of our collective impact and are always improving processes to minimise waste. From our returnable packaging that’s reused many times over, to our refillable products and create waste solutions, we make it easier to use less and do more.

Can packaging be fairer?

Fair Food box at door

Cardboard boxes

Reused as many times as possible. It takes a lot of water and energy to make these simple boxes, so it makes a HUGE impact just by returning your box for reuse.

Flatten carefully and leave out for drivers to collect on their next visit.

Unbranded boxes can also be returned. Please leave these as they are (unflattened) – our drivers will collect if there’s room!

Returnable Igloo coolers for home delivered refrigerated groceries - CERES Fair Food

Insulated coolers

Our new returnable cooler boxes keep your chilled groceries totally cool in 100% recyclable wood pulp.

Especially hot days or large items may still require our white reusable ‘broccoli boxes’, which come in from broccoli growers. 

Give all coolers back to your driver straight away or leave out for them to collect on their next visit.

Insulated Pouches for home delivered refrigerated groceries - CERES Fair Food

Insulated pouches

Made in Australia from 100% recycled paper and newspaper, these are wonderful for keeping small items chilled.

Please open the tape carefully to keep these in circulation as long as possible.

Give the pouch back to your driver straight away or leave out for them to collect on their next visit.

Reusable frozen water bottles used to chill our returnable insulated packaging

Water bottle ice packs

Plastic water bottles, though a ubiquitous problem, remain quite useful in our context. They’re (almost endlessly) reusable as our frozen ice packs, and they’re long lasting, cost effective and widely recyclable.

We’ll keep looking to innovate, but until we find a better system we’ll continue using them.

If you receive refrigerated items with a water bottle ice pack, make sure you send the cooler and water bottle back for another round!

Home compostable eco-cello bags - CERES Fair Food

Eco-cello bags

Mostly used to pack our loose leaf greens, pine nuts and desiccated coconut,  these plastic free bags are made from wood cellulose and are fully home compostable. They’re great to get fresh spinach and roquette out to you, but are too breathable for storage so transfer your leaves into a sealed container to retain freshness

Home compostable. 

Visit Fruit and Veg Storage Guide 

Note – Council FOGO / green waste collections do not currently accept home compostable packaging. Check with your local council as green waste services may change.

Bulk pantry staples lined up on a warehouse shelf

Twist tie packs

Restocking the pantry with our plastic free wholefoods is a simple way to cut out single use plastics from your weekly shop. All our bulk nuts, pulses and grains are packed in Detpak reusable paper bags which are fully biodegradable and council compostable.

Remove the tin-tie* before adding to your organics/green waste waste bin (depending on your council guidelines).

*The metal tin-tie is reusable and recyclable. 

CERES Organic Bakery - local sourdough loaf

CERES Bakery bags

Our very own bakery is the only bread in our range that sports paper packaging. Avoid single use plastic and enjoy our favourite sourdough – win win!

Compostable and recyclable.

Perforated Wrap made in house from waste cardboard - CERES Fair Food

Perforated cardboard wrap

Fragile items, such as eggs and glass bottles, are protected with our in-house perforated wrap. This utilises cardboard coming into the warehouse and makes sure your groceries arrive safe and sound.

Compostable and recyclable.

Packing slip

Label and packing slip

Delivery labels and packing slips are full of handy info for our packing and delivery teams.

Currently the backing of these labels and slips is a plastic product that can not be recycled – we are working to find new plastic free adhesive printables.

Refillable products

Returning for refill saves more than just money.

We love delivering products that are designed for a long, sustainable life. We collect this packaging, get it refilled and back into circulation! Support these great waste-wise businesses and help create a clever, closed loop household with every delivery.

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Schulz Organic Dairy milk in glass

Organic, non-homogenised, single herd, full cream milk. Delivered in glass and refilled at the farm. Since it’s launch, we’ve delivered over 40,000 glass milk bottles, saving tonnes of plastic from landfill!

Schulz – 1L organic milk in glass

Fair Fizz, Returnable Refillable soda bubbles

Fair Fizz soda cylinders

Can Fizz Be Fairer? It sure can – make your own sparkling water with our cost effective, plastic free refills. Refizzed by us at our Preston warehouse, and delivered with your groceries. Endless refreshment.

Fair Fizz – Locally fizzed soda cylinders

Dirt Original Refill small Returnable

Dirt Laundry refills

Dirt’s innovative thinking makes laundry day a dream. Buy refills of their concentrated, Earth friendly laundry liquids, and we’ll pick up the empty refill pouches for Dirt to reuse.

Dirt – Laundry liquid pouches

Dr Planet Peppermint 25L Returnable

Dr Planet bulk Castille soap

Make the most of your multipurpose liquid soap by having bulk delivered to your door (by us!), and letting Dr Planet reuse their sturdy containers.

Dr Planet – 1L and 2.5L bottles

Packaging levy

Your contribution helps us to provide a full range of plastic free, compostable and returnable packaging that is future focussed and used many times over, including our cardboard boxes, eco-cello bags and insulated coolers and pouches.

Together we can deliver fresh quality groceries with circular systems that reflect our values and vision for a fairer future.

*The $1 levy applies to every delivery.
*‘Recurring orders’ paid upfront will include a $1 levy per delivery.
*The levy is applied to cart before delivery fees or minimum spend are calculated.    


warehouse soft plastics

Responsible recycling with APR Plastics.

APR - Soft Plastic Recycling, coloured plastic film

Soft plastics come to us as things like carrot bags, pallet wrap and in salad mix boxes. These are kept out of landfill and given a second life thanks to our partnership with Victorian-based APR Plastics. Their team captures and diverts these commercial resources from the waste stream to make innovative new products, such as 100% recyclable builders film.

We love that our commitment to circular systems is shared by APR Plastics – together we continue to look for opportunities to minimise waste and maximise reuse.

Please note – household soft plastics are not currently accepted in this recycling stream. Stay in touch to hear of any future changes.