GKB is FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) certified and offers the possibility to make all cups from FSC® certified paper. FSC®-certified forests are managed to strict environmental, social and economic standards. Because FSC® is auditing the complete supply chain from forest until end products, this ensures the end user that the paper comes from sustainable resources.

Although our cups are made up to 97% of paper, it also contains a coating to make sure the cups are leak free. The most common used coating is PE (Polyethylene). After usage of the cups it is possible to recycle the cups by separating the paper fibers from the PE. The paper fibers then can be reused as new raw material for hygienic paper and/or tissues.

Besides the PE coating, GKB also
produces paper cups with a 100% biodegradable PLA (Polyactic acid) coating. This PLA coating is completely made of renewable resources such as
corn starch and sugar cane. In combination with paper this means the whole cup is renewable. It is possible to industrial compost the cups to win green gas and fertile compost.

Every product has to cope with certain Co2 emissions. GKB believes that it is important to know these emissions. GKB has asked the independent Climate Neutral Group to calculate this Co2 footprint by making a LCA (Life Cycle Analysis). This LCA is based on the entire process from production to end user. By doing so we know the exact Co2 equivalent per size per 1.000 pieces. GKB also offers their clients an option to make their cups Co2 neutral.