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(December 2009) posted on Fri Jan 22, 2010

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Eco-Products, the nation’s leading brand of environmentally conscious food service disposables, has introduced a hot beverage cup made with 24% post consumer recycled fiber. That is double the amount of post consumer recycled fiber (PCF) currently available in a single-wall paper hot cup.

Eco-Products’ new hot cups are ideal for coffee and tea suppliers as well as retailers who want to make a positive environmental impact without sacrificing price or quality. Eco-Products estimates that if all 16 billion paper hot cups used annually in the U.S. were made with 24% recycled fiber, the following resources would be saved: 1.75 million trees, the energy required to power 10,319 American households for one year, and the greenhouse gases generated annually by 25,260 cars.

“We feel strongly that innovation is the absolute key to solving the global resource crunch that we currently find ourselves in,” said Eco-Products CEO Bob King. Eco-Products chose MeadWestvaco (MWV), based in Glen Allen, VA, as its supplier partner for this innovative new product. “MWV was the first manufacturer to develop and introduce a food service-grade paperboard made with post consumer recycled content (PCF),” says Dobbie Newman, MWV marketing director of Food Service. “MWare® Balance hot beverage cup stock used for the Eco-Products cup is designed to deliver the highest level of quality, consistency, and production efficiency.”

These new hot cups complement Eco-Products’ existing line of single-use food service items supplied to restaurants, hotels, events, sporting stadiums, national parks, and corporate cafes. The cups are available in 4-, 8-, 10-, 12-, 16- and 20-oz. sizes. Accessories such as sleeves, lids, and stir sticks are also available. For more, visit www.ecoproducts.com.