Compostable Coffee Cups: Making a Difference For The Planet And Your Customers

Compostable coffee cups serve as a simple and often essential choice for various situations where coffee is served, such as café takeaways, outdoor events, office meetings, and street stalls.

At Cotswold Coffee, we’re proud to provide a range of compostable and disposable coffee cups, which we believe are the ideal combination of convenience, functionality, and environmental credentials. Here’s why.

 

1. The Perfect Combination of Convenience and Cleanliness 

Speedy turnover: Disposable cups let you serve customers quickly, without washing, drying, and managing an inventory of breakable crockery.

Food hygiene: With no cross-contamination, and every new coffee or drink served in a “new” cup.

It’s the perfect blend of practicality and peace of mind, helping to keep operations smooth and customers happy in fast-paced environments like retail shops or events with high turnover.

 

2. Planet-Friendly: Compostable Disposable Cups Over Conventional Ones 

There are many disposable coffee cup options, but not all are environmentally friendly. That’s why Cotswold Coffee stocks 8oz D-Wall Planet Compostable Cups, 12oz White Planet Double-Walled Compostable Hot Cups, 16oz D/Wall Planet Compostable Cups, along with other eco friendly options.

Compostable Cups 101 

Landfill reduction: PLA (plant-based) compostable cups are designed to break down under specific conditions. In contrast, some PE-lined disposable cups can remain in landfills for many years and can also contaminate recycling processes.

Carbon Footprint: PLA, made from renewable sources such as cornstarch, typically has a lower carbon footprint than traditional plastics.

The production process is also typically less energy-intensive.

 

3. Branding, Values, and the Market 

Consumers care about the planet, and they expect brands to care too. For example, Starbucks's commitment to ensuring all their packaging is reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2030 is excellent news for both the industry and the environment.

For Cotswold Coffee, providing compostable coffee cups is a simple way to demonstrate values, and also to show that our customers’ coffee experience is important to us.

 

4. Event Friendly & Practical 

Disposable coffee cups are particularly suited to one-off cafés, street stalls, festivals, markets and corporate events as they are lightweight, compact and easy to store and transport in bulk.

The White Planet range of insulating double-walled compostable cups keeps drinks hotter for a longer time, enhancing the overall customer experience.

Purchasing all necessary items from a single supplier can be convenient and also save towards your carbon footprint. At cotswold coffee, you can find everything in the "Cups & Lids" section, including compostable takeaway coffee cups, secure lids, and additional products.

 

5. Balanced & Thoughtful

Reusable cups are clearly the ideal option where feasible, offering the lowest environmental impact over time, however in situations involving high usage or short term needs where reusable options are not practical, opting for a compostable cup is the best compromise.

 

A Brief Review 

For cafés, events, and other operations serving coffee that prioritise convenience while maintaining their principles, compostable coffee cups are an excellent choice:

• Fast, clean service
• Enhanced thermal insulation for a better experience 
• Drastically reduced environmental impact 
• Alignment with ethical brand values and consumer expectations

 

Explore Cotswold Coffee’s full range of Cups & Lids, including compostable double-walled coffee cups, secure lids and more, to find the right options for your café or events, and let’s serve our customers and our planet to the best of our ability, one cup at a time.