While we're fans of practicing recycling everyday, we're mighty delighted to find new ways to celebrate it every year.

Welcome to recycling week, y'all: let's talk waste!

Our bottles have been glass from the start. Something we have adamently believed in. Not just because that type of packaging is important to support the olive oil's preservation itself, but we know that glass is the most likely to be properly recycled in cities across the country with the greatest return for our communities. 

Working with amazing organizations like Louisiana's Glass Half Full helps recycled waste go the extra mile, turning glass bottles into replenishing coast lines along the Gulf: supporting bayou restoration, extreme weather protection and mitigation through natural sand banks, and water life habit rehabilitation. 

Our oil-friendly labels can be easily peeled off, or soaked in water then removed, to ensure that the glass bottles are clean and ready for recycling facilities. We encourage folks to collect their plastic caps and seals in a large mason jar or plastic jug to be safely collected by recycling facilities and help keep machinery safe. Plastic products need to be at least a few inches large to properly maneuver through machinery.

Recycling leaders, like the managers at Dallas, Texas' award winning recycling plant, believe that community members who know how to help the sustainability of machines through proper recycling practices (like collecting your caps in sealed single jars or jugs) can help increase city recycling by over 15%. 

Our limited run "Squeeze with Ease" bottles are specifically designed to support individuals who need a helping hand: greatly benefitting through usability and safety with a plastic, shatter-free, squeezable bottle.

Concerned about plastic recycling? We are too! Which is why we spent almost a year working with HEB sorting through the leading seven plastic codes to ensure we chose a bottle that has the highest rate of recycling potential across cities and rural towns in the South. While most squeezable bottles use a plastic similar to one used in your shower liner (that requires a special recycling facility or is only offered in a few major cities) we chose a unique plastic that is in one of two recycling codes that have a greater-than-60%-recycling rate! 

Just like our glass bottles, it's always important to peel off the labels (which we made even easier with our squeezable bottle) and collect the caps in a larger vessel to protect recycling machinery. 

For those who can easily maneuver with glass bottles, we encourage you to stick with our original packaging for the greatest potential of a circular economy through glass-to-sand environmental impact. But darn if we aren't delighted to expand our accessibility in the most recycling-friendly packaging of any squeezable olive oil bottle on the market!

Have more questions about recycling? Reach out to our marketing team lead Chelsea our our lead olive press wrangler Josh, for more questions. We would love to chat with you!