Do you know what FSC-certified paper is? How the FSC ensure their paper and wood is eco-friendly and environmentally responsible? If not, read on.     Paper-Based Packaging and its Potential Problems In the search for plastic-free packaging, the negative effects of paper can be overlooked. We need to make sure that, in the quest for plastic-free packaging, we are not damaging our forests irreparably by creating more demand for paper. Some facts… Read more

In 2018, Merlo Coffee launched a compostable cup initiative to stop more than 3 million cups going to landfill every year. This initiative diverted over 37 million tonnes of organics in 2019, and it's still going. Merlo teamed up with BioPak to introduce fully compostable cups and lids for customers, which are then sent to organics recyclers such as NuGrow. Since January 2019, NuGrow has created more than 1,100 cubic metres of compost using Merlo… Read more

Right now, we are in a climate emergency, we have overloaded landfills, and our recycling industry is in crisis. But our consumption habits are not slowing. In Australia, every year we send over 8 million tonnes of organic waste to landfill every year, including 1.5 million tonnes of food waste. This equates to about 300kg of organics per person. However, industrial composting is an opportunity to prevent food waste and plant-based packaging endi… Read more

Here, we answer any questions you might have about our products.     Are BioPak Products Reusable? Our reusable BYO cups are; however, nothing else that we sell is designed to be reused.   What is Compostable Packaging? When you dispose of compostable packaging in composting bins, the nutrients in the packaging and all the resources required to make that packaging do not go to waste. Instead, they are returned to the ground to fertilise new plan… Read more