Packaging company Huhtamaki has launched a 100 per cent renewable paper cup for hot and cold beverages, ice cream, and take-away food.
Called Future Smart, the cup has a renewable bio-based coating and is made entirely from plant-based materials.
It uses paperboard from PEFC-certified sustainably managed forests and a newly developed plant-based polyethylene as a moisture barrier coating.
The company says it chose to move forward by substituting fossil oil-based plastics with fully renewable materials.
