Planet Friendly Packaging provides simple and cost effective biodegradable packaging solutions for food and beverage service. We offer eco-friendly alternatives to traditional products designed to improve the environmental impacts of the hospitality and food service industries.

We distribute the extensive BioPak range of biodegradable and compostable packaging, including biodegradable coffee cups, bioplastic and compostable wooden cutlery, biodegradable straws, clear cups and biodegradable napkins.

As much as we believe that providing access to biodegradable and compostable packaging is the most eco-friendly contribution that we can make, it's very important to us that we go a step further with our business and its outcomes. We currently plant a tree for every order, regardless of size, through our tree planting partners; Carbon Neutral and Ecologi.

It helps minimise the net carbon emissions of our own business activities, our suppliers (even though most BioPak products are already certified carbon neutral), our customers and their customers too. Apart from helping curtail carbon emissions, the act of planting trees for us is also symbolic of the fact that many of the biodegradable products we sell are made from paper. The trees we plant through Carbon Neutral are very unlikely to ever become pulp stock for packaging but we feel that we are helping address the deficit in the planets trees nonetheless.

It's important to note that the tree planting activity we do with Carbon Neutral doesn't officially offset the carbon emissions of Planet Friendly Packaging however we will be undertaking this process of becoming a carbon neutral business in the future.

• Why Carbon Neutral? Simply, they are the most experienced and legitimate tree planting and carbon offsetting organisation of this kind anywhere in Australia. We had considered planting trees overseas because it's much cheaper but that raises concerns around the reliability, accountability and legitimacy of the outcomes. Carbon Neutral provide peace of mind when it comes to getting it done.

  In their own words:
  Purchasing in the carbon market or assisting with reforestation has numerous benefits for the environment, some examples are:

  - The purchase and surrender of carbon offsets has a distinct impact - the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere
  - The Plant-a-Tree program helps restore Australian biodiverse habitat and contributes to expanding a natural carbon sink
  - Additionally the positive impact can be further magnified by implementing energy reduction strategies, which we can help with.

Here is a short video from Carbon Neutral to better explain what they do:

• Why Ecologi? The climate crisis is a global issue. We are committed to planting trees here in Australia but also around the world. This is where Ecologi comes in. They provide us with access to international reforestation projects as well as additional climate projects of the highest standard. For more info check out their intro video below.

The Proof!

It's not good enough just to say that we are doing these things, so here is the proof!