duck food

At the beginning of January we asked if you thought it was worth us reducing the plastic in our packaging – here are some of the typical responses:

Yes! Look to remove as much plastic as you possibly can.

— Juliet & the Badger (@JulietandBadger) January 6, 2018

Absolutely. The more of us who reduce plastic use, including businesses and charities, the better for the planet. Go for it Quacksnacks!

— Kidsofthewild (@Kidsofthewild2) January 4, 2018

In my opinion, reduction of plastic in packaging, is a highly commendable action.

— Rosalind Maud (@RosalindMaud) January 3, 2018

With a definite vote in favour in ditching plastic, we sourced some new packaging materials and sent some trial boxes to volunteer customers and independent voices.

The trial boxes aimed to make sure the new packaging performed as well as our existing materials and test if people really could accept the no plastic compromise – a little less duck food in each pack, since the new packaging doesn’t mould to our boxes so readily as plastic, so we can’t quite squeeze as much in.

Here’s just a sample of the feedback we’ve had:

 

Been trying out our newly packaged @QuackSnacks on these guys today! pic.twitter.com/ULP9Eco2gn

— Natasha Davies (@Thisisartofglam) January 7, 2018

Absolutely great thanks! No spillage, I think they look nicer / more environmentally friendly, would happily pay a little extra for them given their environmentally friendly credentials! Didn’t really notice any difference in quantity, especially as the small person was feeding.

— Natasha Davies (@Thisisartofglam) January 7, 2018

“Totally fine with the amount per pack if it means less plastic.”

So with many thanks to all those who’ve sent us their feedback and/or tested out our trial boxes, we’re going to remove the plastic from our Quack Snacks boxes asap and test out some new options for our standalone retail packs. To that end we have already:

• Replaced plastic packaging tape with a 60% bio-based tape on all boxes right away.
• Recruited a new European supplier of non-plastic bags for our packs.
• Redesigned all our box inserts and sent them to print.

The new “no plastic” Quack Snacks boxes will be launching before the end of January – initially via our own online Quack Snacks Duck Food Shop, but with other channels following soon after. Once on sale, we’ll work on the retail packs.

So very soon, you’ll not only be able to feed the ducks responsibly, you won’t have any Quack Snacks plastic waste either!