COP31 · A material story
A 12,000-year journey from Anatolia to the present
The story of the product in your hand begins with an ancient grain and continues with a new material made with 60% starch-based content.
Starch-based content
across all five products
Fork, spoon, knife, straw and tray: five familiar everyday products made with the same 60% starch-based content.
Five everyday products, one material approach
Five familiar everyday products made with the same 60% starch-based content.
A familiar food-service product designed to provide the structure and performance expected during everyday use.
A smooth and durable food-service spoon made using the same starch-based material approach.
Designed to retain the practical form and durability expected from modern food-service products.
A straight and durable drinking straw designed to retain its shape during extended contact with cold beverages.
A sturdy and durable food-service tray designed to provide reliable support and performance during everyday use.
*Recyclability depends on local collection, sorting and compatible recycling infrastructure. Please follow the collection guidance provided at the COP31 venue.
12,000 years of grain, a new chapter
0112,000 years ago
Early communities across Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia developed a strong relationship with grain and the resources around them.
Göbeklitepe remains one of the most powerful symbols of this transformative period in human history.
02Across generations
Across generations, grain was cultivated, milled, shared and transformed into one of the foundations of everyday life.
Value emerged through care, knowledge and the thoughtful use of available resources.
03A principle
A principle familiar across Anatolia is to look again at what remains: to repair, reuse, transform and give it a new purpose whenever possible.
What remains can still hold value.
04Today's food production
Industrial food production generates starch-rich side streams, including off-spec or surplus bread and pasta, as well as flour-based production residues.
These materials are industrial production by-products, not household or post-consumer food waste.
Although they can no longer serve their original intended purpose, their material value does not have to end there.
A side stream is not the end of the story.
05A new material
Through patented bioplastic technology, starch-rich side streams from industrial food production are recovered and given a new purpose.
Through this process, they become part of a new material formulation containing 60% starch-based content.
The resulting formulation reduces the proportion of conventional fossil-based plastic required while retaining the functionality expected from a food-service product.
From an industrial food-production side stream to a material with a new purpose.
06Today
From one of humanity’s oldest agricultural resources to a new generation of materials, this story continues at the COP31 table in front of you.
What exactly is this material?
The fork, spoon, knife, straw and tray shown on this page are made from a material formulation containing 60% starch-based content sourced from starch-rich side streams generated by industrial food production.
These side streams include off-spec or surplus bread and pasta, as well as flour-based production residues. They are industrial production by-products, not household or post-consumer food waste.
The remaining components provide the structure, durability and functional performance required from the finished food-service products.
60% starch-based content, across the fork, spoon, knife, straw and tray.
Questions
The material formulation used across all five products contains 60% starch-based content.
This does not mean that the finished product is 100% plant-based or completely plastic-free.
The starch-based content is sourced from starch-rich side streams generated by industrial food production.
These include off-spec or surplus bread and pasta, as well as flour-based production residues.
They are industrial production by-products, not household or post-consumer food waste.
Patented bioplastic technology processes starch-rich side streams from industrial food production and enables their starch-based content to become part of a functional material formulation.
This technology enables 60% starch-based content to be used in the fork, spoon, knife, straw and tray while helping maintain the durability and performance expected from the products.
Bio-based describes the biological origin of all or part of a material’s feedstock.
No.
Bio-based describes where part of a material comes from. Biodegradable describes whether and under what conditions a material can break down.
No biodegradability claim is made for these products.
They should not be left in nature or treated as products that will simply disappear after use.
They can be recycled where local collection, sorting and compatible recycling systems accept the material.
Yes. Their durable design allows them to be washed and reused.
They can be cleaned in a dishwasher and reused, provided appropriate cleaning and hygiene practices are followed.
Yes. The products are suitable for food-contact and food-service applications.
The straw is water-resistant and designed to retain its shape during extended contact with cold or iced beverages.
It is designed to avoid the softening or sogginess associated with some paper straws during its intended use.
Reducing the proportion of conventional fossil-based plastic in the formulation can help reduce dependence on virgin fossil resources.
The product’s actual climate impact depends on its complete life cycle, including raw materials, production, transportation, use, reuse and end of life.
No. Patented bioplastic technology enables starch-based content recovered from industrial food-production side streams to be combined with plastic, reducing the proportion of conventional fossil-based plastic in the finished product.
This approach helps reduce reliance on conventional fossil-based plastic while maintaining the product’s functional performance.
Where suitable recycling infrastructure is available, you can place the product in the designated recycling stream.
Alternatively, you can take it with you, wash it in a dishwasher and use it again. Please follow the collection guidance provided at the COP31 venue.
The future of materials
What remains can still hold value.
Observe.Question.Use thoughtfully.
Follow the collection guidance provided at the venue.
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