Aqueous Coated Paper Cups
As a manufacturer and supplier of paper cups, we’re committed to ensuring that every post-consumer cup is disposed of responsibly for collection and onward composting. Every cup composted makes a difference.
Our Aqueous Coated Paper Cups Explained
As you enjoy your hot or cold drink, consider for a moment the clever design that has gone into producing your paper cup to help ensure it is:
• Robust
• Leak-resistant
• Comfortable to touch
• Displays consumer information
• Compostable
• Made from FSC certified paper
Ensuring quality, convenience and sustainable thinking at every sip!
What Are Aqueous Coatings?
Aqueous coatings are water-based solutions that are applied to the inner surface of paper products to make them leak-resistant and durable. They are made by submerging synthetic polymers in water and then applying the mixture to the paper. Once the water evaporates, it leaves behind a thin layer of polymers that adhere to the paper fibres to create a barrier that helps prevent liquid from seeping through.
Home Compostable
Our Aqueous Hot Cup and Paper Cup are certified home compostable items, and can simply be placed in the home compost bin. Such products will have been through a rigorous testing regime by an accredited laboratory in order to meet the necessary legal standards. These products will bare the appropriate home composting conformity mark e.g. ‘OK compost HOME’ or 'Din Certco certified home compostable' logo. This means all components and materials used in that item will compost down into carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds and biomass with no visible contaminants or toxic residues. Worthy of note however, temperatures in a garden compost heap do vary and tend to be lower and less stable than in an industrial composting environment. However, if you do not have a home compost bin, contact your local council to determine the nearest industrial composting facility.
Industrial Compostable
With regards to industrial/ commercial composting elevated temperatures, the presence of oxygen and a higher humidity are used to compost items quicker. Industrially compostable products must also be rigorously tested by an accredited laboratory to meet certain conditions and bare the appropriate industrially compostable mark such as the EU Standard EN13432, and carry the seedling logo, ‘OK compost INDUSTRIAL’ or 'Din Certco certified Industrial Compostable' conformity mark.
First Mile Commercial Collections
In commercial premises, you can use dedicated compostable packaging collection bags or boxes from First Mile, which can be left outside for collection.
Go-Pak are proud partners of First Mile; a reliable and flexible waste and recycling collection organisation, bringing together retailers and other commercial sites, waste management provider such as Envar – a leading composting company processing green waste to create a quality soil improver. All have the shared goal of expanding the infrastructure necessary to increase the collection and sustainable management of compostable items and packaging in the UK.
Disposing of your paper cups the right way is the right thing to do!
Looking For Your Nearest Collection Point For Post-consumer Compostable Packaging?
Type in your postcode and find the closest drop off point to get your compostable packaging, including our aqueous coated compostable paper cup, collected. McDonald's, Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger and Caffè Nero all recycle paper cups in-store and will take any brand or type of cup!
Set up a Compostable Packaging Recycling collection in minutes.
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In addition to First Mile, we are partners with The National Cup Recycling Scheme (NCRS) who also offer nationwide collection schemes for paper cups along with organisations such as Veolia and The Cup Collective.
While all major food service retail stores and outlets, such as Costa and McDonald’s, along with establishments like shopping centres and offices, have already implemented dedicated cup collection points, this will become mandatory in the very near future. The takeback scheme will require all businesses with ten or more full-time employees that provide consumers with beverages in fibre-based composite cups filled at the point of sale to have visible bins on their premises for the collection of cups after use.