03 July
Learn about our decent materials.
Plastic Free July is a global movement designed to encourage people to reduce plastic pollution. Being in the food packaging industry, we wanted to help make a change, which is why we introduced compostable packaging made from plants.
Everything we make, we can unmake. This means products and materials keep circulating in supply chains, for as long as possible. It helps tackle some of the global challenges we're facing - climate change, waste, and pollution, by keeping things out of landfill and lowering energy outputs.
Oil-based plastic is the opposite. Sourcing oil is dangerous - oil spills, super toxic refineries, and a long history of unethical business practice afflicts the fossil fuel industry. Globally, packaging needs to be better, and our contribution is making compostable and recyclable packaging from a range of sustainable materials.
Read on for more information about some of the materials that we use to make our products, well... decent.
Bagasse (also known as sugarcane pulp) is the fibrous substance that remains after the sugarcane plant is harvested for its juice (meaning no waste!).
Sugarcane is a rapidly renewable and widely available resource due to its fast-growing nature and ability to be harvested annually. It is diverse and easily malleable, so can be moulded into loads of fantastic packaging products.
With no intentionally added PFAS, Bagasse products are a perfect packaging solution for the food industry, as any remaining food can go straight into the compost bin with it.
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Commercially Compostable:
- Bagasse products have achieved this international standard which uses tests to determine if bioplastics products will compost satisfactorily in commercial facilities. (ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868)
- Bagasse products have achieved this international standard which uses tests to determine if bioplastics products will compost satisfactorily in commercial facilities. (ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868)
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Home Compostable:
- Bagasse products have achieved the Home Compostable standard which demonstrates it will break down fully in an ambient home compost environment, within 12 months. (TÜV Austria Belgium OK Compost Home, Din Certo)
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No Intentionally Added PFAS:
- Since July 2023, all decent products in production have tested free from any intentionally added PFAS.
Aqueous Hot Cups and Cutlery are certified home compostable and manufactured using a unique waterproof barrier coating, reducing the material needed. The Aqueous range is made from paper and lined with the water-based dispersion coating that gets absorbed into the paper the product is made from. All the materials are natural without any PE and PLA, and can be composted in nature.
This unique coating is certified commercially and home compostable.
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Home Compostable:
- Aqueous products have achieved the Home Compostable standard which demonstrates that it will break down fully in an ambient home compost environment, within 12 months. (TÜV Austria Belgium OK Compost Home, DIN CERTO)
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Commercially Compostable:
- Aqueous products have achieved this international standard which uses tests to determine if bioplastics products will compost satisfactorily in commercial facilities. (ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868)
PLA is a type of bioplastic made from plant-based resources like corn, cassava, and sugarcane. At decent, we use low-carbon PLA biopolymers that can be commercially composted.
PLA is a solution to help us tackle the global plastic pollution crisis that we are facing, where most plastics aren't being recycled.
While PLA is a bioplastic, it is made from plants, not oil. Because of this, bioplastics are considered a better option for the environment than conventional plastics made from fossil fuels. Plants are a rapidly renewable resource, whereas oil is finite and its extraction, processing, and production into products may have negative effects on people’s health and the environment.
CPLA is the crystallised heat tolerant form of PLA.
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Commercially Compostable:
- This product has achieved this international standard which uses tests to determine if bioplastics products will compost satisfactorily in commercial facilities. (ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868)
