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We love ice cream as much as we love our planet.

Whether you’re treating yourself to ice cream or sipping coffee, your cup or bowl can have a second life.

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Why the cups we use matter

 

 

500 billion

Estimates put global single‑use cup use at about 500 billion per year1. That’s one million every minute.

100 years

Plastic cups and LDPE-lined paper cups can take hundreds of years to decompose2.

1 use

The vast majority of conventional disposable cups cannot be recycled or composted and end up in landfills after just one use.
A beige paper cup filled with green ice cream.
A person eats ice cream out of a paper cup with a wooden spoon.

Why cups with Eastman Solus™?

Conventional paper cups are coated with LDPE (low-density polyethylene), which can create end-of-life challenges. Cups coated with Solus™, a biobased performance additive, are compostable and recyclable. So your cup can find a second life.

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Help us give these cups a new life

Feel good knowing that cups with Solus™ can be recycled or composted.

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Recyclable

Placing your cup in the paper recycling bin helps turn old cups into new products and keeps waste out of landfills. Cups coated with Solus™ are compatible in the paper recycling system. Check with your local recycling program to ensure proper end-of-life management.

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Compostable

Paper cups coated with Solus™ are BPI certified commercially compostable. Please check with your local authorities to find out if composting facilities are available in your area.

Penny Ice Cream x Eastman Solus™

The Penny Ice Creamery is known for using sustainably grown local, seasonal ingredients to craft small, quality batches of ice cream. They lead by example, showing how thoughtful choices and transparency can make a difference. Eastman proudly partners with Penny Ice Creamery to raise awareness about the impact of single-use paper cups and promote better, more sustainable options for the future. Together, we aim to inspire simple changes that benefit the planet.

Find out more about Eastman Solus™
A person eats vanilla ice cream topped with red fruit.

1 The lifecycle of plastics | WWF-Australia | The life cycle of plastics | WWF Australia
2 Reconsidering PAPER CUPS: Waste to value-added products - ScienceDirect