Java Jacket – recycled coffee cup sleeves
Java Jackets are functional as well as being eco-friendly. Takeaway coffee growth has been huge of the last decade especially and the number of disposable coffee cups used is staggering. Particularly if you go to one of those cafe’s where if you order a hot drink with no milk or cream to cool it and they use two cups so you don’t burn your hand. Java Jackets are a good alternative and the serve more than one purpose because in addition to acting as an insulator, it also means the coffee shop owners don’t need to get custom printed cups. Either use the generic jackets or get them custom printed instead of the cups. It is cheaper.
The original Java Jackets are made from 100% recycled paper of which at least 90% is post consumer. Inks are 100% water-based and the glue used to bind them is biodegradable, non-toxic and FDA approved for indirect contact with food. They can be reused or even put in the compost if necessary.
More details at the Java Jacket website.
Klean Kanteen 27oz Stainless Steel Drink Bottle
Klean Kanteen is a family business that started producing their first products in 2004. Their desire was to product a drink bottle that was environmentally friendly and also free of toxins making it a win win for the bottle owner. Anyone with a slight interest in the environment knows that it takes about four litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water for drinking so any time the containers can be reused the better it is for the environment. Problem is that the plastic water bottles, even thought they can be recycled, contain toxins such as BPA that are slowly released from the bottles. The Klean Kanteen people came up with the solution.
The Klean Kanteen Stainless Steel drink bottles are made from 18/8 food grade stainless steel and don’t contain any plastic threads or liners. Other brands have recently admitted that the liners they use in their aluminium bottles contained BPA. Kind of defeats the purpose a bit. The Klean Kanteen bottles don’t and you have the option of a BPA free polypropylene or stainless steel cap. The seals are toxin-free silicone. The bottles are safe for most liquids and because nothing leached from the bottle to the liquid, the falours are not affected. A range of colours, styles of caps and a wide mouth opening make these the ideal choice.
Further details and to buy online head to Klean Kanteen from Amazon.
