At Sunny Daisy Tie Dye, we do everything we can to minimise our impact on the environment.

We are aware that the tie dyeing process can be quite water-intensive, and while we do use disposable plastic gloves to protect everyone's hands in our workshops, we try to offset these necessities with more sustainable choices wherever possible.

Here are just a few ways that we work to keep our little rainbow studio as sustainable as possible:

• Our resident tie dye expert, Amelia, has been dyeing her own hair for more than 20 years and almost all of our dye applicator bottles used in workshops are up-cycled old hair dye bottles! We also reuse old milk and juice bottles, and tomato sauce and mustard squeeze bottles for mixing large batches of dye and filling the small dye bottles.
• We have dedicated recycling, food waste and soft plastics bins in the studio, so we can minimise the amount of our waste that goes into landfill.
• We have implemented water saving techniques into our dyeing processes.
• We use biodegradable packing peanuts to pack dye orders, and we reuse and repurpose every piece of bubble wrap and other packaging materials that come into the studio.
• The majority of our shop and studio fit out was done with recycled timber.
• We supply reusable, not disposable aprons and smocks.
• We wrap all of our tie dyed goodies in old newspapers for you to take them home (care instructions provided), rather than wrapping them in individual plastic bags.
• We encourage our tie dye party hosts to bring large containers of drinks rather than individual serves, and we supply reusable cups, plates, spoons and cloth napkins for you to use.
• For tie dye parties, we decorate the studio using a reusable, tie dyed “Happy Birthday” banner and discourage the use of balloons.