Major Environmental Milestone, WinCup Announces Transition of All Foam Products to its Revolutionary Biodegradable* Vio Technology

June 12, 2023 WinCup, Inc

In a major shift in its product portfolio, WinCup, a leading national manufacturer of disposable foodservice products, has announced it will transition its core traditional products, including foam cups, food containers, bowls, lids, and polypropylene straws, to its Vio® biodegradable* technology platform.

phade Has Replaced 1 Billion Plastic Straws with a Sustainable Marine Biodegradable, Home and Industrial Compostable Alternative

March 20, 2023 WinCup, Inc.

The planet is free from 1 billion petroleum-based plastic straws thanks to being replaced by phade®, the world’s first marine biodegradable, home and industrial compostable drinking straw. WinCup Inc., phade’s® manufacturer, announced today that the company has sold 1 billion phade® straws, enough to reach halfway to the moon if lined up end to end. With customers’ help, the company now aspires to “reach the moon” and beyond as it works to replace billions of traditional plastic straws.

WinCup’s phade Compost-Certified, Marine Biodegradable Straws and Stirrers to be Provided at Yankee Stadium Concession Stands in 2022

April 5, 2022 WinCup

WinCup, Inc., announced that it was partnering with the New York Yankees and Legends Hospitality to provide its phade® straw — an ecologically preferable non-petroleum, non-forest-based bio-plastic product — to concessions stands at Yankee Stadium.

WinCup’s phade Straw Shows Complete Biodegradation in a Controlled Marine Environment in Just 58 Days in New Time-lapse Video

August 17, 2021 WinCup

The video and report are the result of a project conducted by Keypoint Intelligence, a product testing firm, that involved placing phade® in two unique saltwater tank environments and monitoring the biodegradation process. While petroleum-based plastic straws are estimated to take at least 200 years to biodegrade, this project showed that phade®, made with PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), a substrate derived from the fermentation of canola oil, achieved complete biodegradation in just 58 days.

Sustainable Packaging – Koen Pack is Looking Forward to Further Development in 2019

December 28, 2018 Koen Pack

In 2018 Koen Pack and its customers invested heavily in the development of less environmentally harmful packaging for flowers and plants. Koen Pack has not only expanded its collections with environmental friendly products. Koen Pack has also introduced more sustainable materials such as covers made from biodegradable plastics (PLA) and sleeves and pot covers made of compostable Hydropaper.