Ecological coffee-to-go cups made from vulcanised fibre

A quick coffee on the go: coffee-to-go is becoming increasingly popular in our fast-paced society. The big problem: the cups also cause a growing waste and raw material problem. In order to make the actual cup impermeable to the hot beverages, plastic layers are used, and the lid is usually made entirely of plastic. This pollutes the environment.

Garbage-to-go

Who doesn't know it: used coffee cups on the side of the road, in the pedestrian zone or even in the forest. The tricky thing is that the plastics used do not decompose, but only decompose over time into dangerous microplastics, which can penetrate into animals and thus ultimately into the human body. Moreover, the plastics used require the finite resource of oil. The extraction of oil, in turn, involves a high risk and destroys further natural areas. It is also extremely energy-intensive.

How to make the coffee-to-go cup sustainable

Vulcanised fibre is an amazing material made from the renewable raw materials cotton linters and cellulose by using a special process. Our SAVUTEC vulcanised fibre offers you numerous material properties that make it ideal for use as a coffee mug. Among other things, it can be embossed and punched and has good thermal properties so that drinks stay hot for a long time. Special biodegradable coatings are used to make the material resistant to liquids. This means that coffee-to-go cups made of vulcanised fibre meet all the requirements of conventional cups, but are made of renewable raw materials and are completely degradable in home compost.

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