We’ve known from the beginning that sustainability is a team effort - a culmination of little decisions that contribute to the whole. So we’ve made choices along the way to contribute towards a more sustainable future.
One of these decisions entails the use of glass. While our glass bottles look cool, we decided to use it for more than just looks.
Our cold brews are served in glass bottles, which are recyclable and great for sealing in the flavor of coffees we've steeped for hours. Since glass is more inert than aluminum or plastic, it greatly reduces the possibility of our coffee having any interaction with the packaging, resulting in altered taste.
It’s easy to recycle your Bootstrap bottles – all you need to do is hand the whole lot over to our delivery agents on your next order. Alternatively, you can accumulate them, then drop them off at our bottle recycling point sited at the entrance of our microbrewery.
Here's some frequently asked questions from our community:
Q: Should I rinse the bottles?
A: Due to the current covid situation, we highly recommend washing your bottles.
Q: Caps on or caps off?
A: On!
Q: How should I pass the bottles back to your delivery agent?
A: You would have received your cold brews in either a bio-degradable bag or a cooler bag (Subscribers only).
Simply place the empty bottles back in the bag and hand it back to our delivery agent. You can also leave it at your doorstep on the day of your next cold brew delivery and our agents will pick it up.
Q: What happens to the bottles that are returned?
A:The bottles that are collected are first inspected for any visible defects or chips. Those that are suitable undergo a sterilization process in-house before we reintroduce the bottles back into our bottling cycle. The rest are sent to a NEA licensed glass recycling facility which breaks down the glass and repurposes the material into new glass bottles.
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