Sure you ve seen biodegradable cups but have you seen disposable coffee cups embedded with tree and flowering seeds.
Biodegradable coffee cups with seeds.
The secret is in the seed embedded in the cup.
Because the cups are coated with plastic polyethylene to laminate the inside they are not recycled.
Rrg s kickstarter allowed customers to buy products other than the coffee cups to help fund the company s research for more seeds able to withstand the process of becoming a coffee cup and being stable enough to be planted afterward.
Has a solution to coffee cup related environmental issues.
Biodegradable cups that can be planted to grow into trees and flowers.
This biodegradable coffee cups embedded with seeds grow into trees when thrown away.
Might turn around some of our greatest waste problems.
A california based business called reduce.
The coffee cup henige s team has created is composed of plant based plastic and is then embedded with seeds of varying regions depending on where the cups are being distributed.
By chris stuber aug 1 2020 9 35 am.
Have you ever heard of paper that can be planted.
Henige california is the perfect place to start with this type of project because of the unique ecosystems with hundreds of different species of plant.
Ever since i was little these slogans and ideals have been pounded into my head.
A creative company in california called reduce.
If zeitgeist had a body it would be drinking sweet overpriced coffee in a plastic lid cardboard coffee cup.
Biodegradable cups with seeds and instructions.
This biodegradable coffee cups embedded with seeds grow into trees when thrown away.
These biodegradable coffee cups embedded with seeds grow into trees when thrown away.
These cups are fully functional with the seeds being unaffected by the liquid and the heat due to the biodegradable plastic s protection.
Make the world a better place for future generations.
An ingenious idea developed by a small team based in california usa that goes by the name of reduce.
Seed paper biodegradable coffee cups with seed embedded seeds.
Partnered with designer alex henige to create a biodegradable coffee cup embedded with planting seeds and a local map of.
The eco friendly cups which are currently part of a kickstarter campaign will.
And a californian company called reduce.
Therefore biodegradable manufacturers search for elements from trees and other particles from nature that helps them build the desired material.
Biodegradable coffee cups embedded with seeds that grow into trees north americans discard over 52 billion disposable single use coffee cups and plastic lids annually.
Grow has designed a coffee cup that is not only biodegradable but even has seeds in its walls so that it can be planted and grown into tree saplings and flowers.