Smart Planet Technologies has extended the licence agreement with Huhtamaki CupPrint, to continue the rapid growth of their product line of paper cups using EarthCoating®. The licence agreement extension also makes the product available to Huhtamaki Business units in select global markets.
Australian ‘recyclable’ cup giant looks to expand in speciality coffee market
“The smart planet technology cups feature coating with calcium carbonate in the formulation, meaning that its quite dense and behaves differently in the pulping process.
“It also uses 40% less plastic than standard plastic-lined cups, reducing plastic content to approximately 3% – so paper mills can use their standard equipment to recycle the cups.”
