Sustainability

Thank you for supporting our commitment to ship in sustainable packaging.

Part of your order may arrive in reused packaging materials that are not recyclable. Using these materials keeps your shipping costs down and helps prevent waste from entering landfills. This will never impact the quality of our items. New and used parts will always be packed separately.


Car-Free Travel

All travel is completed via bicycle or electric scooter! This includes trips to the local post office ( 1.5 miles away!) and shopping for new inventory pieces and sets. 


How to Recycle or Reuse Your Packaging

If you're wondering how to responsibly recycle this packaging, look no further!

The guidance below only applies to packages branded with "EcoEnclose" at the bottom. Reused packaging materials may not be recyclable but can be reused again!

Paper Padded Mailers

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100% recycled content, 20% post-consumer waste & naturally biodegradable. Upcycled newspaper is matted into a layer of cushioning, then sandwiched between two layers of recycled Kraft paper.

Open with pull tab on back of mailer. Throw this plastic tab away.

Recycle: Accepted in curbside recycling. Shipping labels do not need to be removed. Mailers are naturally biodegradable and technically compostable, but please recycle them!

Bubble Mailers

50% recycled content, 10% post-consumer waste. Reusable.

Recycle: Thin Film Recycling. Recycled wherever grocery bags are accepted.

Unlike most poly bubble mailers that have no recycled content, are not recyclable, and are made with virgin material, these ones are 100% recyclable have a dual peel and seal strip ready to be used a second time.

Shipping Boxes

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100% recycled content,  95% post-consumer waste & naturally biodegradable.

Recycle: Accepted in curbside recycling. Unfold and flatten box first. Most programs do not require labels or tape to be removed (these are skimmed off in repulping). Check guidance from your recycler first.  

Paper Mailers

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100% recycled content & naturally biodegradable.

Recycle: Accepted in curbside recycling. Shipping labels and tape do not need to be removed.

Paper Packaging Tape

Recycle: Paper-based tape does not have to be removed from your packaging to be recycled but can not be recycled on its own. Please landfill all loose tape.

Corrugated Bubble, Packaging Paper, and Notecards

Recycle: Accepted in curbside recycling.

Shipping Labels

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100% post-consumer waste paper-based shipping labels do not need to be removed before recycling the package (with most recyclers).

Resealable Plastic Bags

Recycle: Thin Film Recycling. Recycled wherever grocery bags are accepted.

Currently, most of our items are sorted into resealable plastic bags. These bags have only ever been used to store clean Lego pieces and can be reused hundreds of times.

  • One plastic-free alternative we are hoping to implement soon though would be Glassine Paper Bags (translucent and curbside recyclable!).
  • 100% recycled Poly Bags are another option. These bags do not have a resealable zipper but are made of 100% recycled content and are thin film recyclable (Recycled wherever grocery bags are accepted or ship them back to be responsibly recycled).

What Does Sustainable Packaging Mean?

Reusing packaging supplies we already have always comes first. When it's necessary to purchase new supplies we make sure they are sustainable. Learn more at EcoEnclose:

Sustainable Packaging Terms | Defining Eco-Friendly Packaging (ecoenclose.com)


Interested in learning more? Reach out with any questions!

Thanks for reading! I hope this guide helps :)