Journey of a BioCup

BioCup Journey of the BioCup Made from plants not oil from the paper coffee cup (16 ounce) The loss of natural habitat potential .09 with a sleeve is estimated to be The C02 emissions generated to Sydney is 2.34 tons by a 40' container from Taiwan square meters THE PAPER SOURCE: MEADWESTVACO A producer of packaging, specialty papers, consumer and office products 33 grams of wood 4.1 BioCup perday grams of petroleum (To make paper, chemicals such as chlorine, sodium hydroxide, bleach, suiphuricacid sulfur and limestone are needed.) grams of other chemicals 1.8 The Had hom Klabin and specialty chemicals. The company has 153 operating and office locations in 30 countries, and serves customers in over 100 countries. bioplastic Lothe Taiwan with a USA) made from corn. Is the biggest paper producer, exporter and recycler in Brazil. It is the leading manufacturer of packaging paper and board, corrugated boxes, industrial sacks The paper is printed and formed into cups in Taiwan. and timber in logs. over 50 years 18,250 MeadWestvaco manages over 3 milion acres (12,000 km) of forestiands meeting stringent environmental standards and certified to Sustainable Forestry Initiative standards. It has 17 industrial plants in Brazil and one in Argentina. Self sufficient in wood, it has 218 thousand hectares of planted forests and 183 thousand hectares of preserved native woodlands. It was the first company from the pulp and paper 0.11 kilograms of carbon dioxide is emitted when considering the paper, = The major environmental impact of a paper cup occurs during production of raw materials and cup manufacture. Felling timber, making the paper and fabricating a single paper cup takes 008 In 2002, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified MeadWestvaco as the 57th-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the (Forest Stewardship Council), attesting to the fact that the company runs its United States, with roughly 35,000 pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air." Major pollutants indicated by the study include sulfuric acid, the paper sleeve, production and shipping for one paper cup. multiplied by activities within the highest possible standards of environmental conservation and socioeconomic sustainability. chlorine dioxide, chlorine, and methyl iodide." MWV has taken steps to improve 10,000 its environmental impact by upholding both mandated and voluntary performance standards. Since 2005, it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, a system that tracks the financial performance of leading sustainability driven companies worldwide. 547k3 peopleby The cups are shipped to Australia and distributed via courier across the A Potlatch BioCup is made from paper sourced from managed plantations. Global use of paper cups is 220 billion. Approximately 1.2 billion cups are used in Australia anrualy. country acres of forest 114 The company owns about 1,600,000 acres (6,500 km2) of land in rural Minnesota, Idaho, Wisconsin and Arkansas. The forestry products that it sels are processed at 6 owned facilities. a verified leader in sustainable forestry. With approximately 1.44 million acres certified to FSC standards, we grow trees, sell timber, and manufacture MWV meets the carbon reduction targets of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the world's first and North America's only legally binding rules-based greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system. It also holds leadership positions in and actively supports Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Cerflor, CCx World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Abundant Forests Alliance, Duke University Climate Chance Policy Partnership and Sustainable If we are able to recover just 10% of this resource it would result in 3000 tonnes / year of solid wood products. Since 1903, we have sought the common ground that enables us to unlock the value of our lands while conserving our forests for generations to come recycled paper fibre Forestry Initiative, BIOPLASTIC SOURCE: (CUP LINING & CUP LID) Converting The greenhouse gas savings equivalent to: plastic lined paper cups to BioCupswould result in The fossil fuel saving equivalent to: Paper cups in landfill produce 93.8 percent as much green- house gas, in the form of methane and carbon dioxide, as the mass of the paper cup itself. Packaging pollutes. We would like to be transparent about the fact that the process of manufacturing packaging and the packaging itself impacts the environment. We encourage ONatureWorks NatureWorks LLC is a subsidiary of Cargill. NatureWorks produces a family of polymers derived entirely from annually renewable resources - namely plants - (bioplastics) designed to compete with petroleum-based plastic packaging materials, consumer goods and fiber products. The commercial quality polymer is made from the carbon found in simple plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactic acid polymer (PLA) which is marketed under the brand name Ingeo. recycled and composted, the infrastructure does not exist in Australia. consumers to choose reusable cups whenever possible, however when it's not convenient to do so, using a BioCup is the next best option End of life options: Unlike 281 000 tree seedlings being Electricity consumed for 1 mon th by 85,000 regular plastic lined paper cups, BioCups are more Driving a new vehicle for 58 million Km 41 000 barrels of oil Meanwhile in Taiwan . BioPak is committed to contributing towards a new era that inspires consumers to think more about stewardship, frugality and responsible choices. Our business and product provides consumers with an educated, certified and accountable sustainable option to conventional fossil fuel based packaging. Through our voice and yours, we can change unsustainable habits. grown for 10 years households easily recyclable as the PLA coating does not contaminate the pulp, the PLA simply dissolves during the recycling food and drink contamination make recycle unviable, BioCups can be composted and return valuable nutrients to the soil Ingeo 2009 CIT Paper Coating: Cup Forming Ingeo 2009 CIT PP 95% In 2001, NatureWorks LLC opened its manufacturing facility in Blair, Nebraska, USA. This is the frst and largest PLA facility in the world and supplies Nature- Works' biopolymer to markets across the globe. process. When high quality paper fibré PP PET 5% PET Today, manufacturing Ingeo produces 60% less greenhouse gases and uses 50% less non-renewable energy (NREU) than traditional polymers like PET plastic coating GPPS GPPS Lid forming Paper Flexographic & offset Printing & polystyrene. O 20 80 100 Greenhouse Gas Emisslons Non-Renewable Energy Use