Whopper of an Idea: Burger King taps Sulapac for biobased cups

In Finland, select Burger King and Rax restaurants owned by catering company Restel are participating in a biobased and resuable cup pilot program to cut down on plastics waste and emissions.

The cups are produced by Sulapac® using award-winning Solid-brand material and can be washed around 200 times, after which Sulapac collects the cups for recycling.

“Our Solid material can be efficiently recycled, while it’s also suitable for industrial composting. The compostability certificate is a way to validate the environmental friendliness of the material, as it includes tests for potential ecotoxic effects and heavy metals, for example,” Heidi Peltola, Head of Product at Sulapac, said in a press statement.  “All our materials can be digested by naturally occurring microbes. Hence, Sulapac materials do not accumulate in the food chain, unlike conventional plastic.”