Our Story
Be the change
We help Australians reduce the amount of waste they create. We’re on a mission to eliminate single-use containers for takeaway food. We make reusable Mealboxes that your local takeout will accept instead of disposables.
Our recycled containers help you reduce, reuse and recycle. Each Mealbox is made from Certified Ocean Bound single-use plastic.
Australian made
We’re proud that our products are designed and manufactured on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. They’re even better for the planet than a compostable if you use them fifteen times or more.
And there’s more…
At rePlated, we’re systems nerds. We support businesses and food vendors to build systems that are hard-wired to succeed.
Join the rePlated Reuse Revolution. Know you’re doing your bit.
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Naomi Tarszisz - the woman with the vision
Our Founder
The idea for rePlated was born on a Sydney beach.
In the 80s, Naomi’s parents took her to collect plastic rubbish on the beach at Rushcutters Bay. That was the start of her passion for protecting the environment.
Flash forward three decades and Naomi found herself back at the same beach, collecting rubbish with her own children.
As she picked up plastic bottles from the sand, she asked herself, ‘Why has nothing changed?’
That’s when Naomi committed to ridding Australia of single-use plastic.
Naomi spent 20 years working in digital products and systems for well-known brands. She now brings that strategic nous to her role as an advocate for the reuse revolution.
And so, rePlated was born. The intention? To make lovely, cost-effective, planet-friendly alternatives to chucking plastic containers in the bin.
There are some great videos of Naomi talking to BCorp and the 2040 - Stories from the Regeneration project if you’re interested to see her in action.
Awards & Articles
We’ve won a number of sustainability awards been featured in a number of publications! We’re proud to celebrate our achievements.
The Circle Awards - image of rePlated containers with circle awards logo
Sir Rupert Myers Award - handcrafted in the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre from a condemned pine tree @UNSW that had been cut down.
Broadsheet (National) - Three to Try: Reusable Boxes For Your Next Cheeky Takeaway
Delicious.com.au - Think outside the box with the 8 best meal prep containers
Good Design Award Gold Winner 2022 - Our Mealbox was one of only two gold winners in the homewares and objects product design category.
Planet Ark ACE Hub - A case study
Urban List- 8 Game-changing investments to help you live your most sustainable year yet
BCorp - Top 5% 2021 and 2022 - Our first two years as a BCorp have had an incredible result putting us in the top 5% of BCorps in the world for environment
Circle Award -The Circle Awards are looking for pioneers in the circular economy
2040 - Stories from the Regeneration - rePlated was featured as a story from the regeneration! Check us out and all the other amazing initiatives
Sir Rupert Myers Award - rePlated were the inaugural winners of this prestigious award from UNSW
rePlated finds practical solutions to the urgent waste crisis
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower businesses across Australia to remove single-use plastic from their waste stream. We have designed our products, from start to finish, to benefit the environment.
We only work with suppliers who are passionate about our values. And we expect those we work with to hold us to our own high standards.
Our ambitions are pretty huge
We think about every stage of the product life-cycle. From creation, reuse, to end of life processing. Some people call this circularity.
We reduce the use of single-use takeaway containers. This reduces the amount of waste in our facilities and in the natural environment.
We use upcycled or recycled materials where available.
We're a carbon positive company. We prefer local suppliers over global suppliers. And we encourage a better, fairer society. We donate 2% of our revenue to environmental and social causes.
Despite all this, we’re not perfect. Some gaps remain, and we work with our suppliers and advocate government to close those gaps.
Our Commitment
We commit to doing better than 'business as usual'.
Our aim is to make it easy for our customer to make choices that impact the environment for the good.
We live in a world where single-use disposable products are normal. And there’s a lack of good recycling options. We seek to be part of the solution, building the reuse movement.
Here's the technical stuff...
We abide by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
These are the goals we follow:
Get in touch if you have any questions!