​Check out our range of Vegware packaging

We're passionate about doing our bit to preserve the environment, and the Wares of Knutsford team is always looking for products that will help our customers to enjoy their greener homes and kitchens. After all, we know that our customers are always looking for high-quality, beautiful and effective kitchen and home products that will also help them to be eco-friendly and move away from single-use plastics.

These non-recyclable plastics are a particular challenge when it comes to food presentation, storage and transport, which is why we're huge fans of Vegware, the leading brand of compostable takeaway packaging. These innovative cups, cartons and other items are already a huge hit with our small business customers and people who are looking to hold events, so we thought we'd showcase the latest Vegware range and share some of the benefits of this fantastic brand.

The history of Vegware

Vegware is a leading supplier of environmentally friendly and compostable cups, boxes and cartons. The Vegware recycling ethos is already changing the game for food prep, delivery and service businesses that want to maintain a greener operating footprint. Vegware boxes were first created in Edinburgh in 2006 by Joe Frankel. Within just four years, the company was Scotland's fourth fastest-growing firm in the private sector, and it has continued to go from strength to strength with the addition of Vegware cups and Vegware boxes. All products in the range are made from low-carbon and recycled materials, and they can all be composted too.

Since its launch, Vegware has partnered with various public and private schemes to boost food waste recycling and it has won multiple awards for its innovative, environmentally-friendly ethos, which shows that good business can be entirely compatible with green concerns. Today, it's a multi-million-pound business and our customers have already shown that they love Vegware boxes, cups and cartons, for events, food prep, their own small businesses and even just for use at home. Even better, the firm is committed to quality and pays the Living Wage, showing its commitment to the broader community. We need more businesses like this in our modern economy!

Why sustainable packaging matters

Many businesses are moving into sustainable packaging as a way to grow greener, more ethical businesses that support the environment rather than harming it. After all, these brands know that customers will support brands that are also doing their bit to protect the planet, so it makes good business sense on all fronts. Since the pandemic, we are seeing a real rise in businesses offering home food deliveries, recipe boxes, takeaway food and other similar services, often with a local reach. So by using recyclable food storage and packaging such as Vegware, it becomes far easier to create a business that is sustainable, green and cost-conscious at the same time, with packaging that customers will also love to see. After all, what could be more satisfying than enjoying a delicious home delivery of locally-sourced and prepared food, delivered in green packaging that can then go into the compost or the recycling bin?

See the Vegware range at Wares

We have a range of Vegware compostable food packaging on sale at Wares and you can see the latest products here, in their own category to reflect growing interest: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/compostable-takeaway/

We're hugely supportive of any business that creates sustainable food packaging, especially as the market for food deliveries continues to grow. There's nothing better than a ready-prepared, delicious meal delivered to your door - but it tastes even better if you know that its packaging is not harming the environment. We also sell brown Kraft packaging, which can be recycled along with regular cardboard and paper.

Keep up to date

We're always looking for new products that allow our customers to live as eco-consciously as they can and to minimise their impact on the environment. After all, the measures that we take at home can have a huge cumulative effect on the environment, and our consumer power can also go a long way in forcing companies to adopt cleaner, greener and more sustainable practices in their operations.

Alongside Vegware boxes, cups and cartons, you'll find a huge range of eco-friendly kitchen and home products, such as glass jars and bottles, beeswax paper, kraft paper and accessories, timeless enamelware, and plenty more. If you can't find what you're looking for, please do contact our friendly and helpful customer services team who will always be pleased to help.

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