Written By Nate. On Apr 05. In Composting, Corporate America, Daily Life, Green Living

These are the composting coffee cups and sleeves used by one of my favorite local coffee shops and made by World Centric

Back in November I wrote about how one of my favorite local coffee shops switched their paper to-go cups to a cup that can actually be composted when you’re done with it.  World Centric, the company that produces the cups, claimed the cup would break down in a home composter within 2 to 4 months.  Some commented on my original post and said it was hogwash.

Several weeks ago when I began building my square foot gardening space, I had to relocated my compost bin.  I had to empty the entire thing of compost, move it over and re-fill it.  While doing this, I sifted through the compost looking for the two composting coffee cups and sleeves I dropped in back in November.

My two used coffee cups dropped in the composter. They ended up disappearing over the winter in just 3 months time!

I’m pleased to announce they were gone, at least in the sense that they no longer looked like a coffee cup.  There wasn’t even a single piece of cup that I could detect in the compost after about 3 months of sitting.  That was over the coldest months of the year too, so I imagine they’ll disappear even quicker when the compost really heats up this Summer.  Kudos to World Centric for this development and producing a product that really does break down after use!