What can I recycle?
Recycling the parts of a meal.
- Meal's Box: Collapse and recycle curbside.
- Meal Insert (with meal name, barcode, nutrition info, instructions): Recycle curbside.
- Garnish Tray (filled with lidded cups/packets of sauces and other garnishes): Collapse and recycle curbside.
- Clear Garnish Cups: Follow waste management guidelines in your area for recycling #5 plastic.**
- Clear Lids for Garnish Cups: Recycle curbside (these are made of #1 plastic, the same as water bottles).
- Sauce Packets: Follow waste management guidelines in your area for recycling #4 plastic.**
- Aluminum Meal Trays: We recommend cleaning out and keeping the trays your meals come in to reuse for heating up food in your Tovala. Otherwise, recycle them curbside.
- Plastic Bags for Veggies or Bread: Follow waste management guidelines in your area for recycling #4 plastic.**
- Plastic Film on Meal Trays: Follow waste management guidelines in your area for recycling #7 plastic.**
** For recycling #4, #5, and #7 plastics, we recommend visiting this source to search and confirm what your local municipality can accept.
Recycling the delivery box & packing materials.
- Cardboard Box: Collapse and recycle curbside.
- Foam-Like White Insulation: Recycle it curbside! It's made from #1 plastic, so you can recycle it with your plastics.
- Brown Paper Insulation: Recycle it curbside! It's made from a kraft paper based outer liner, filled with 100% recycled newspaper.
Recycling Gel Ice Packs
- We recommend keeping and reusing our ice packs for keeping items cold in coolers.
- Otherwise, cut the plastic open, empty out the gel into the garbage (which is nontoxic, non-caustic, and biodegradable over time), rinse the plastic, and recycle the plastic curbside.
What can I NOT recycle?
- Plastic Wrapping on Vacuum-Sealed Proteins: This plastic is not recyclable and can be discarded in your regular trash bin.