Bring a zing to your beverage offering with Planglow – compostable packaging and labelling experts - Botanical Collection - a chic and colourful new range of fully compostable cups available in 8oz, 12oz and 16oz’s sizes. Botanical features a dusky leaf design on three deliciously fruity shades - there’s lime, mango and berry cups in every box - while the double walled construction keeps drinks not hands the temperature you intended. What’s more, the Botanical Collection is made from entirely plant based materials. This includes an EN13432 certified liner so, unlike PE lined products, these cups may be recycled along with food waste making them a fully compostable solution: dazzling design and ever-green through and through (not to mention mango orange and berry red too)!

Planglow’s marketing director Rachael Sawtell commented, “As highlighted by the BBC’s Hugh’s War on Waste most coffee cups are unsuitable for recycling due to their plastic liners which are tricky to remove. At Planglow we offer an environmentally friendly alternative. Free of oil based plastics all of our bio cup solutions are - and always have been - made from 100% plant based materials so that even our laminates and lids will break down in an industrial composting environment without leaving any harmful residues.

“The simple fact is most paper-based packaging becomes unsuitable for recycling the moment food or drink absorbs into the paper contaminating the paper stock for future use. A plastic laminate or coating protects the paper against oils and other substances but it can be tricky, if not impossible, to remove. For this reason we recommend that food providers consider compostable products such as ours which are also less dependent on the waste recycling services operated by their local authority.

“To further support businesses looking to recycle their food and packaging waste we have just launched our Food to Field initiative which connects food providers with composting facilities, AD plants and other services in their area. This helps them to minimise otherwise landfill-bound waste and turn into materials that can be used to grow more crops. Please contact us if you are interested in this service”.

Planglows fully compostable bio cup products are also available in the company’s chalk on slate Gastro brand and rustic Natural Collection too. Please visit Planglow.com for full details.