Sustainability Watch - November 2012

Compostable Coffee Bag

ATLANTA—Pistol & Burnes, a leading Canadian coffee roasting company, has introduced a fully compostable pack, for its Fair Trade, organic Farmer First brand, incorporating cellulose-based, NatureFlex™ from Innovia Films.

The organic coffee is packed in a paper bag laminated to transparent NatureFlex film. According to Roy M. Hardy, president, Pistol & Burnes, "Most roasted coffee sold in the world is packaged in either foil bags (coated in plastic) or paper bags (with a plastic liner). These usually end up going straight to landfill as they can prove difficult to recycle. However our enviro–friendly coffee bag can be organically recycled (composted), which means it breaks down in a home compost bin."