AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Home
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
alternative to plastic, disposable cup, biodegrable
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Jun Aizaki, CRÈME
WEBSITE
http://cremedesign.com/
HyO-Cup
Organically Grown Disposable Cups
Brooklyn-based design studio Crème uses home-grown vegetables to produce a sustainable alternative to disposable coffee cups.
The Jun Aizaki-led studio grows gourds in moulds to create the biodegradable cups, which go by the name HyO-Cup.
It claims that these cups can be manufactured on a mass scale – offering a more environmentally friendly alternative to paper coffee cups, which are typically lined with unsustainable plastic polyethylene.