Sustainability at Vitable
Our mission is to shake up the throwaway culture of everyday health and wellness products and help everyone feel better with sustainable health solutions. Through
Home-compostable sachets vitamin sachets made with compostable film
Our daily vitamin packaging is made from sustainably sourced, plant-based cellulose produced from sustainably harvested Eucalyptus trees which are certified to be GMO-free. The material we use is certified home compostable.
Our sachets break down naturally and return nutrients back into the soil under home-composting conditions without releasing toxins. The sachet film has been independently tested and certified by TUV AUSTRIA’s OK compost HOME system and holds the Australian ABA certification. This means they have been proven to break down at set composting conditions and checked for eco-toxicity.
How to compost your packs
1. Take your vitamins
Build a daily habit that’s better for the environment knowing your vitamin packs are now made with plant-based film.
2. Compost your sachets
Add the empty sachets to your compost pile. If you don’t compost at home and your council offers a composting service, that’s a great place to start.
3. Let nature take its course
Unlike petrol-based plastic, your sachets will break down over time. Welcome to your home-compostable sachets packaging journey!
A SNAPSHOT OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
Mount Sandy Conservation, Australia
Indigenous land restoration in Australia using native methods
Sustainable savanna burning on Tiwi Islands, Australia
Empowering traditional land owners to manage fire risk boosting the native biodiversity of the Tiwi Islands.
Rimba Raya Peatlands Conservation, Indonesia
Preventing deforestation to protect biodiveristy
Everything you need to know.
As of February 2021, our vitamin sachets will be compostable and made of plant-based cellulose produced from Eucalyptus trees. The plants used come from managed forestry or crop growth and are certified to be GMO free. Our compostable sachets break down naturally and return nutrients back into the soil under home composting conditions. The films have been independently tested and certified by TUV AUSTRIA’s OK compost HOME system and are ABA certified Home Compostable (Verification Scheme throughout Australia and New Zealand). This means they have been proven to break down at set composing conditions and checked for eco-toxicity.
We are committed to limiting our environmental impact, without compromising on the quality and safety of our products. You can read more about this here: https://www.vitable.com.au/sustainability
Our packaging material (being the shipping box and the dispenser) are both sourced from and printed in Australia. They are 100% recyclable and can be set to any recycling facility to be processed into renewable fibreboard mediums. However, we are always working to reduce our impact in the environment and will always be looking at improvements!
No. Attempting to recycle your sachets may lead them to end up in landfill, where they won’t completely break down. Degradation is dependent on factors such as temperature, time and the presence of bacteria and fungi in the specific environment, such as a compost bin. Please be mindful that sending your sachets to landfill will only create more waste!
Recyclable is a good option, but not the best option. Australians throw out 3.5 million tonnes of plastic each year, but currently only around 10 percent of it is recycled. The rest is either burned, buried or shipped overseas. We wanted to create a solution that enables your packaging to break down, and not compromise the environment.
If you were previously recycling your sachets and are now unable to compost them, please know you are welcome to send them back to us and we’ll ensure they are composted for you! Simply contact us at [email protected] to arrange this.
Why not get started :) ? Here is a great guide: http://www.foodwise.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Compost-ONLINE.pdf
However, if you can’t compost, don’t worry! There are around 150 Industrial Composting and Organics Recycling facilities in Australia. Some councils provide composting facilities through their kerbside waste collections either through green organics and garden waste bin or through dedicated organic recycling service. You can find the nearest facility on the AORA website: https://www.aora.org.au/
Currently, Standards Australia has no mandatory standard on biodegradability or degradability. However, as a pioneer in this field, the requirements of TUV AUSTRIA’s OK compost HOME system have served as the basis for the drafting of several voluntary standards such as Australia: AS 5810 (2010) – Biodegradable plastics - Biodegradable plastics suitable for home composting. Our sachets also hold a certification from the Home Compostable Verification Scheme throughout Australia and New Zealand. This verification identifies and differentiates packaging materials as biodegradable and compostable.