COMPOSTING
Our packaging is made from a cellulose film called NatureFlex, which is home-compostable and made from sustainable wood pulp rather than plastic. Through our comPOST scheme, we collect used wrappers and sticks for composting back at our farm.
HOW comPOST WORKS
We provide stockists with a wooden comPOST Box and menu board to encourage customers to recycle.
We collect wrappers every time we deliver and take them back to Lickety Ice HQ to be shredded.
The shredded wrappers are then added to the compost, along with any waste fruit and peelings from our lolly making, and other garden waste from our fruit and vegetable garden.
Working with our gardener Catherine, we manage the composting system to ensure the right balance of nutrients is achieved so we can use the compost in our garden.
Our garden thrives, producing lovely fruit, which is freshly picked and put back into our lollies.
Our lollies are wrapped and delivered to our stockists – and the whole process starts over again!
We would love to grow our comPOST project this coming season and work with new stockists that share our ethos.
The composting project has been a great success so far and we’ve been overwhelmed with the level of support and engagement from our customers. In fact our current data shows that we are preventing more than 30,000 wrappers a year going into landfill.
HOW WE COMPOST
“The compost bays were made with re-used wooden pallets in a sunny open spot to aid the composting process. We use a mixture of garden cuttings and fruit scraps from the production process and also cardboard, leaves, etc. This gives a good nitrogen/carbon balance essential for breaking down and is great for the garden. In between these layers I add a layer of Lickety Ice lolly packets. The compost bay sits for 4-6 months when I turn it into the neighbouring bay, which aids aeration. It sits for another 6 months whilst the microbes and worms break down the material, and by this time it has turned into a lovely substrate to be added to the fruits and vegetable beds ready for planting.”
CATHERINE SUPPLE – HEAD GARDENER