Our Environmental Practices:
- We are totally self-sufficient in hot water, using both solar and wetback from a log burner. This runs both the house and business. We have a large PV solar array to generate electricity, any excess being sold back to the grid.
- All heating is done from wood which is sourced within a few km of our base, from locally grown trees (sustainably managed), so is carbon neutral.
- All soap wastage and trimmings are re-used as laundry detergent.
- We have virtually no discharge to water, any discharge (e.g. rinsing equipment) is managed by our own waste management plant on the property.
- Zero discharge to atmosphere.
- All of our packaging e.g. boxes, shredded paper, other filling material is re-used, we have local businesses collecting their unwanted boxes and tissue which we use to fill with our orders.
- Where we use courier bags, we use 100% recycled and recyclable/compostable bags.
- An unofficial measure of our carbon footprint for the house and business combined is approximately half the size of our property (this includes livestock, pets and vehicles).
- Waste and rubbish – we produce only one council rubbish bag every 2-3 weeks from the house and business which consists mainly of non-recyclable plastics (all recyclable plastic, glass and metal gets sorted for recycling).
- All food waste goes to hens, cattle and compost.
- The majority of the bottles that we use for our liquid products are NZ made, and are made from recycled plastic.
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