Product Guides
Choosing the right compostable product is rarely as simple as “pick the eco one.” Bag thickness has to match waste type. Container size has to fit your bin or your service line. Material choice (PLA, PBAT, kraft paper, bagasse, sugarcane fibre) determines whether your packaging will hold hot food, survive freezer temperatures, or survive a 40-mile delivery without splitting. The guides in this category walk through these trade-offs application by application — sized for foodservice operators, retailers, distributors and procurement teams who need to spec the right product the first time. Every guide draws on what we manufacture and what our customers report back from the field.
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Halloween Compostable Candy Wrappers: Brands, Tricks, and the Path Forward
Halloween produces an enormous concentrated waste stream of candy wrappers — millions of small foil and plastic wrappers from the trillions of treats distributed across a single night. Conventional candy wrappers are virtually impossible to recycle. Compostable candy wrapper alternatives exist but adoption remains uneven. This is an exploration of what’s actually available in compostable…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Stirrers for Coffee Service Operations
Coffee stirrers are among the smallest items in a coffee shop’s inventory but among the highest-volume — a single mid-size cafe goes through 50,000 to 200,000 stirrers per year. Conventional plastic stirrers are now banned or restricted in many jurisdictions and increasingly seen as a sustainability liability. This is a comprehensive procurement guide to compostable…
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12 Compostable Innovations of the Last Decade That Changed the Industry
The compostable foodservice industry has matured remarkably in the past decade. Materials that were exotic in 2015 are mainstream in 2025. Performance gaps that limited adoption have closed. Cost premiums have narrowed. Twelve specific innovations stand out as having shaped the industry’s trajectory — from PFAS-free grease barriers to industrial composting infrastructure expansion to PHA…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Bowls for Soup Service in Foodservice and Catering
A bowl of hot soup is one of the most demanding items a foodservice operation hands to a customer. The bowl must hold liquid at 160°F to 180°F for the entire eating duration without leaking, softening, deforming, or transferring heat painfully to the customer’s hands. This is a comprehensive procurement guide to compostable soup bowls…
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The Squirrel That Built a Nest of Compostable Bowl Fragments — Wildlife and Bioplastic in the Real World
The story of a squirrel using compostable bowl fragments in its nest is the kind of anecdote that captures how compostable packaging behaves once it enters the natural environment rather than the industrial composting facility it was designed for. Whether or not a specific squirrel has been documented doing this exactly, the broader phenomenon is…
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The First Compostable Cup at the Olympics (And Where It Was): What We Actually Know
Which Olympics first served beverages in compostable cups? The honest answer is that no clear documented record establishes a definitive first. What we do have is a multi-Games history of sustainability programs that progressively normalized compostable packaging — Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, and Paris 2024…
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Berry Tops: Composting Strawberry, Raspberry, and Blueberry Trimmings
Strawberry stems, raspberry caps, blueberry stems, and the rest of the berry-prep waste add up fast in summer. They are nearly perfect compost greens — high moisture, mild acidity, fast decomposition — with a few small pitfalls worth knowing. This guide covers each berry, what to save, and what to skip.
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Christmas Wrapping Paper: Compostable Brands and DIY Alternatives
Most Christmas wrapping paper is not recyclable. The foil sheen, the glitter, the plastic-laminate coating, and the metallic ink that make it look festive are also the things that disqualify it from curbside recycling and from compost. The good news: a generation of compostable papers, certified inks, and DIY traditions now make a fully compostable…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Nacho Trays for Stadiums, Theaters, and Foodservice
The nacho tray sits in front of more customers per game-day, per movie-screening, and per food-truck shift than almost any other foodservice item. The combination of hot cheese sauce, sharp chips, salsa drips, and one-handed eating makes it one of the most demanding items to source compostably. This guide covers materials, compartment structures, heat and…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Burger Wraps for Restaurants and Food Trucks
Burger wraps see more grease, more heat, and more handling than almost any other foodservice paper. This guide covers material grades, grease barriers, sizing, printing, and procurement specifications for compostable burger wraps in quick-service, food-truck, and casual-dining operations.
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Charcuterie Boards for Catering and Events
Charcuterie boards have moved from niche restaurant offering to mainstream catering and event format. Compostable charcuterie boards deliver the rustic-natural aesthetic that fits the format while supporting sustainability commitments. This guide covers materials, sizing, presentation, and procurement specifications for catering operations.
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Compostable Cocktail Picks: A B2B Buying Guide for Bars, Restaurants, and Catering Operations
Cocktail picks serve garnishes, hold appetizer pairings, and signal craft attention. Conventional plastic picks are increasingly out of step with bar and catering positioning. The compostable bamboo and wood pick category provides operationally clean alternatives.