Compostable Black Ripple Cups Eco | 8/12/16oz | With or Without Bagasse Lids

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  • The first of its kind and brand new paper technology!
  • These Black paper ripple cups are: PLASTIC FREE & PLA FREE - they are made from a unique water based solution!
  • Our Eco Bio Cups are 100% COMPOSTABLE, BIODEGRADABLE & RECYCLABLE - making these fully Eco Friendly!
  • Size: 8oz
  • Colour: Black.
  • Type: Ripple
  • Paper Type: 3 Ply / Triple Insulated / Corrugated Outer Layer.

Here are more FAQs & Details about our Award Winning Cups to make you even more confident you are doing the best you can for the environment:

1. Are your Eco Bio Cups made using PLA lining?

Absolutely not! Our Eco Bio Cups are made using water based acrylic dispersion barrier which is impregnated onto the paper in a very fine quantity.

2. Are your Eco Bio Cups Recyclable?

Yes! Our Eco Bio Cups are 100% Recyclable - they can be directly fed into a pulper and can be used to make recycled paper.

3. Can ordinary LDPE coated paper cups also be recycled?

Specialised machinery is required to separate LDPE film from cup paper unfortunately there very few of these machines in the world and almost 90% of used paperclips ends up in landfill and are not recycled and that means LDPE cups cannot be recycled by most paper mills.

4.  Can PLA coated paper cups be recycled?

PLA coated cups cannot be recycled, it is even harder to recycle PLA coated cups than plastic coated cups since the coating thickness is almost 30% more.

5.  Are your Eco Bio Cups Biodegradable?

Yes our Eco Bio Cups are fully biodegradable, as per ASTM D 5511 and as per ASTM 6400 Standard Test conducted on the cups by Intertek. Our Eco Bio Cups are fully compostable in both an industrial and in-home composting facilities. This means the cup will be eaten up by Aerobic Bacteria and Anaerobic bacteria. Certification and Test Studies are available on request.

6. So does this mean you can throw these Eco Bio Cups in your back garden and they will degrade naturally?

Yes completely!

7. How can I check if your Eco Bio Cups are compostable in natural weather conditions?

Just bury the cup in your back garden or in a flowerpot or wherever you have wet soil. Then check after 30 days. You will NOT find any residue. As per International Standards a product is termed Biodegradable if it degrades up to 90% in 6 months.

8. How can I check if the Eco Bio Cups are recyclable at home and that ordinary plastics based cups are not?

Just immerse the cup in water for 72 hours and you could peel off the LDPE lining from the inner wall of the cup whereas with our Eco Bio Cups there will be so evidence of such films. You could also try the acid test (not always recommended unless wearing Protective Equipment) by placing the plastic cup in acid as plastic cups don't dissolve in Acid!

9. Are the Eco Bio Cups Food Safe and are there any certificates to prove this?

Yes! Our Eco Bio Cups are 100% Food Safe and migration testing carried out by International Accreditation Agency certify this.

10. Are the Eco Bio Cups Microwavable and are there any certificates to prove this?

Yes! Our Eco Bio Cups are microwave safe and the migration tests conducted by Internationally Accredited Agencies can prove this.

11. Till what temperatures can the Eco Bio Cup withstand and what temperature can PLA coated cups withstand?

It can withstand up to 100 degree centigrade PLA starts to melt at around 65 degree (coffee is generally served at 70 degrees).

12. Will PLA coated cups degrade naturally?

No, PLA is a polymer made made from high levels of polylactic acid molecules. For PLA to biodegrade, you must break up the polymer by adding water to it (a process known as hydrolysing). Heat and moisture are required for hydrolysing to occur. So, therefore if you thrown the PLA cup in the rubbish bin, where it will not be exposed to the heat and moisture required to trigger biodegradation, it will sit there for decades or centuries, much like an ordinary plastic cup.

13. So why are PLA coated cups termed as compostable even when that is not compostable in natural weather conditions?

A PLA coated cup is compostable ONLY in an Industrial hot composter and will not biodegrade in natural weather conditions. PLA being classed as naturally compostable is false advertising and a misnomer.

14.  What is an industrial hot composter and what happens to PLA coated cups in there?

An Industrial hot composter is an industrial bio-degrading facility where heat and moisture is provided, when required heat at around 60 degrees and required moisture is provided, biodegradability is triggered, then thereafter PLA coated cups and lids would degrade and be eaten by microbes.

15.  So, do we have enough industrial compostable facilities in the world?

There are hardly any in countries like India or China. The UK has just a few and that does not even satisfy 5% of the total requirement.

16.  Does the Eco Bio Cup require a Composting Facility? Does it have to be Industrial Composting or Home Composting?

Yes. Our cups are home compostable and do not require an industrial composting facility like the PLA cups do. Our cups with be fully biodegradable in an open landfill.
These cups are subjected to tests as per ASTM D 5511 by Intertek. This is a testing process done with Aerobic Bacteria. This is a bacteria that uses oxygen as an electron acceptor to break down organic compound. Our cups biodegradation level was 74.8% on the 28th day and 94.01% on the 52nd day. 
Aerobic Bacteria is the bacteria that is generally active in a home compost.

17.  How does the Eco Bio Cup perform in an Industrial Composter?

When subjected to Anaerobic bacteria testing (which does not use oxygen as an electron acceptor to break down organic compound) it generally uses nitrates, iron and sulphates. Our cups biodegradation level for anaerobic biodegradation (without oxygen) was 91.85% on the 75th day.

18.  Are industrial composting facilities really a solution to the plastic menace?

The amount of energy required to run an industrial composting facility and the amount of foot print generated during the biodegrading process in an industrial composter is actually more than the energy required to manufacture LDPE coated paper. That means running an industrial composter is harmful to nature and recycling or natural biodegradation is the ideal solution.

19. What are the other practical difficulties in PLA cups and lids and how does We Can Source It Ltd's Eco Bio Cups stand up as a solution?

Collection and sorting of waste is a practical problem for many waste management companies and local councils. Used PLA cups need to be separated from general waste and then collected separately in order to then be transferred to an Industrial Composting Facility. If it goes into landfill it WILL NOT compost and will sit there alongside an other PE coated paper cup. A separate waste/ recycling bin would need to be placed in a location to encourage the PLA cups to be placed into it. This would also require educating the public on PLA so they know the difference between PLA composting and our Eco Bio Cup style of composting.

20.  Do PLA cups and lids emit harmful gases when incinerated?

Yes they do. When burnt, they produce harmful VOC's (Volatile Organic Carbon) gases. Our Sugar Cane derived bagasse lids are naturally composting and biodegrading and will not require burning.

21.  Are PLA coated cups microwave safe?

No they are not (unlike our Eco Bio Cups). PLA cups will melt at 65 degrees making them unsuitable for microwaves.

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