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The team here at Jamie Kay love our planet ā” andĀ we want to ensure we are doing our absolute best to eliminate any unnecessary plastic useĀ & to reduce our overall footprint we leave on this beautiful land.Ā
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We want to share our journey with you and be completely transparent about our plans and the changes we are working on for 2020.Ā Ā
Currently we have the following changes already rolling out across our company
- From March 2020 our garments will phase in being delivered inĀ cornstarchĀ compostable garment bags.Ā
- FromĀ April 2020Ā we will introduce our brand newĀ cornstarch compostable courier bags for all worldwide deliveries - this will be an eventual phase in to avoid wastage of current stock of DHL/mailing bags.Ā
- Our new warehouse management system that we implemented in November 2019 means that by early 2020 we will no longer require physical invoices to be included in orders - less paper & printing! EveryĀ year we can use in excess of 600,000 pieces of A4 Paper.
- AllĀ international orders shipped Via DHL that require a box will be sent in the recycled cardboard boxes.Ā
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Our future Goals for 2020 + Beyond ..
- To source a compostable courier ticketing optionĀ
- To convert all cardboard cartons used for inbound freight deliveries into recycled cardboard . At present all deliveries fromĀ India are packaged in recycled cardboard.Ā
- To source a more sustainable sticker/label option for our barcodes + other label applications.Ā
2021 Update:Ā Due to the Covid -19 Pandemic across the globe we have encountered many delays for our implementation of cornstarch bags. However we are happy to say that 80% of our products are currently being shipped in Cornstarch bags and by the end of 2021 all India made production will also be supplied in compostable bags.Ā
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