To recycle or not to recycle?

[Levitt53]

I'm in my first year of selling honey. I bought new jars to sell my honey in, but in the spirit of recycling can I recycle these if people give them back to me. I will obviously ask if they have put anything else in there in the mean time. I'm just selling to friends, and friends of friends, on Facebook at the moment. I am thinking I could offer a 50p reduction on the next jar if the first jar is returned. Is it a different situation for lids. Or is this a no no? For info I am dishwashing the jars and washing the lids in hot water then drying them in my aga.

 

[Anduril]

https://www.freemanharding.co.uk/co...rs-for-beekeepers-and-special-beekeeper-packs
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The Food Standards Agency and Re-Use of Jars

 

[eltalia]

Not something we here at home do - sell in jars - but sure give away plenty
in jars and whatever, inclusive of those 1.5lt s' drink bottles which also
gives the recipient the recycle refund offered on the bottle.
Why is 'cos the second one begins selling honey in whatever quanity the
whole game changes - we do not need that hassle.
Good luck with your enterprise.

Bill

 

[Anduril]

Not something we here at home do - sell in jars - but sure give away plenty
in jars and whatever, inclusive of those 1.5lt s' drink bottles which also
gives the recipient the recycle refund offered on the bottle.
Why is 'cos the second one begins selling honey in whatever quanity the
whole game changes - we do not need that hassle.
Good luck with your enterprise.

Bill

https://aussieapiaristsonline.net/local-honey-for-sale.html
I see there are various ways of selling it.
Jarrah honey being sold over here.
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai...21518382&psc=1&th=1&psc=1&cshid=1560070699842
Has the fake honey scandal been resolved yet over in OZ, 18% is quite high?

 

[enrico]

As long as they haven't washed their paint brushes in them, etc etc. I just don't risk it. I use my own reused ones for me and close family but nice new ones for everyone else! I don't accept returns
E

 

[thedozzer]

As long as they haven't washed their paint brushes in them, etc etc. I just don't risk it. I use my own reused ones for me and close family but nice new ones for everyone else! I don't accept returns
E

Its odd isn't it, that we are seeing shops starting to ask people to bring their own containers,(i know its mainly dry food stuff) but nobody is doing a bring your own jar honey!
they even do it with milk now.

 

[pargyle]

I'm in my first year of selling honey. I bought new jars to sell my honey in, but in the spirit of recycling can I recycle these if people give them back to me. I will obviously ask if they have put anything else in there in the mean time. I'm just selling to friends, and friends of friends, on Facebook at the moment. I am thinking I could offer a 50p reduction on the next jar if the first jar is returned. Is it a different situation for lids. Or is this a no no? For info I am dishwashing the jars and washing the lids in hot water then drying them in my aga.

Lids - definitely a NO - not under any circumstances. The rule I apply is if I'm giving it away to friends and family I will re-use jars (thoroughly sterilised by me) but only when I know where the jars have been/come back from. New lids obviously.

Honey for sale - new jars every time - and I don't accept jar returns from paying customers although many do offer.

I keep the 're-use' jars completely separate from my new stock jars.

 

[Finman]

As long as they haven't washed their paint brushes in them, etc etc. I just don't risk it. I use my own reused ones for me and close family but nice new ones for everyone else! I don't accept returns
E

Same opinion here.

Why friends need a recycled jar?

 

[Levitt53]

Ok thanks all. I think that has answered my thoughts nicely. I've been reusing jars that had original shop bought honey in them for a while and use them for give away honey for friends and family. 'Fill your own jar' is an interesting concept but not sure it would work as I find once I've opened the valve it all gets a bit messy so that bucket needs to be all jarred up. Thank you.

 

[MartinL]

https://www.freemanharding.co.uk/co...rs-for-beekeepers-and-special-beekeeper-packs
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The Food Standards Agency and Re-Use of Jars

As a purveyor of New,
they wouldn't be following best business practice to say anything different.

Unless the profit Margin was on the caps & jars were sold very close to cost.

 

[Anduril]

As a purveyor of New,

they wouldn't be following best business practice to say anything different.



Unless the profit Margin was on the caps & jars were sold very close to cost.

Same as legislation.

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[madasafish]

Look at the cost of lids alone vs buying jars +lids (in bulk),,,,

 

[eltalia]

https://aussieapiaristsonline.net/local-honey-for-sale.html
I see there are various ways of selling it.

That there I believe is a link to "The Honey Map", an initiative
of one fella to gather together all manner of registered apiaries
not selling to brokers. Problem with it is there is no scrutineering on
whom can sign onto it so it acts as a partial filter only. I myself
know of two on it whose packaging practice is 'dodgy' at best.
Still "honey" as meets the criteria but not even close to the style
name on the label. For one chap the style(species) does not even
grow in his area.

Jarrah honey sold over here

Yes, may seem pricey (expensive) because Jarrah is an infrequent
crop, historicly. Nice flavours/tones though.

Has the fake honey scandal been resolved yet over in OZ, 18% is quite high?

Not entirely though major inroads have been made in chains
taking some lines off shelves and Capilano under new management
saying it will withdraw it's fake honey product - time will tell.
Ironicly enough China has demanded our export be certified AFB
free and guaranteed to not contain trace chemicals, yet their
cheap - really cheap - product is pumped into our products as
"value add" sweetener.
Tis a complex topic.

Off the top of me head the standard here is 21%, but yes it is silly to
package much above 18%. N0t a honey doer here so fact check my
comments.

Bill

 

[Anduril]

That there I believe is a link to "The Honey Map", an initiative
of one fella to gather together all manner of registered apiaries
not selling to brokers. Problem with it is there is no scrutineering on
whom can sign onto it so it acts as a partial filter only. I myself
know of two on it whose packaging practice is 'dodgy' at best.
Still "honey" as meets the criteria but not even close to the style
name on the label. For one chap the style(species) does not even
grow in his area.


Yes, may seem pricey (expensive) because Jarrah is an infrequent
crop, historicly. Nice flavours/tones though.

Not entirely though major inroads have been made in chains
taking some lines off shelves and Capilano under new management
saying it will withdraw it's fake honey product - time will tell.
Ironicly enough China has demanded our export be certified AFB
free and guaranteed to not contain trace chemicals, yet their
cheap - really cheap - product is pumped into our products as
"value add" sweetener.
Tis a complex topic.

Off the top of me head the standard here is 21%, but yes it is silly to
package much above 18%. N0t a honey doer here so fact check my
comments.

Bill

Thanks Bill for taking the time, I have a piece of Jarrah wood in the shape of Australia, it is a clock sent as a wedding gift a number of years ago. Although I travelled from West to East and up North past Mossman to the rainforest, I have fond memories of tasting the mead, heading down to Albany in Western Australia.

 

[eltalia]

Thanks Bill for taking the time, I have a piece of Jarrah wood in the shape of Australia, it is a clock sent as a wedding gift a number of years ago. Although I travelled from West to East and up North past Mossman to the rainforest, I have fond memories of tasting the mead, heading down to Albany in Western Australia.

Yep, jarrah owns a fine grain as decorative timber as well as it's sought
after honey. Mossman is just up the track a bit from us - hour or so
by car - and yeah, typical rainforest country.
You're very welcome.

Bill