Recycled products made with paper cups
Paper cups including coffee cups can be recycled with Simply Cups. They can not be recycled in traditional recycling facilities such as at home or in your kerbside recycling.
Simply Cups work with partners to create and support innovative technologies capable of discovering high value uses for paper cups.
What are cups recycled into?
Simply Cups are currently working with 3 partners to produce sustainable and high-performing alternatives to everyday products such as roads, sustainable building material and concrete slabs.
PAK-PAVE™ Roads:
These roads are made with more than 50% recycled materials, have a 24% lower carbon footprint and are more durable compared to regular asphalt.
You can find PAK-PAVE™ Roads across local councils such as Penrith City Council.
Our sustainable asphalt, has been developed by State Asphalts NSW in conjunction with Closed Loop Environmental Solutions who operate the Simply Cups paper cup recycling program.
The development of PAK-PAVE™ Roads was facilitated through the Commonwealths Cooperative Research Centres Program Grant, involving the University of NSW and has been sanctioned by the NSW EPA and Transport NSW.
Lightweight concrete products:
EnviroLite Concrete Products are made with at least 35% recycled materials and used as bases under utility products such as water tanks and bins. These products are half the weight of standard concrete alternatives.
Simply Cups have partnered with Gully Concrete Products to create and engineer these lightweight concrete products.
Sustainable building material:
saveBOARD is a low carbon building material made with 100% recycled materials. This building material has multiple purposes such as ceiling tiles and feature walls.
saveBOARD is a venture backed by Closed Loop Environmental Solutions who operate the Simply Cups paper cup recycling program.
Previous recycling solutions
Since 2017, Simply Cups have worked different partners to re-invent everyday products with paper cups. As technology advances and improves, we continue to find more innovative solutions to recycling cups.
The following items were previously made with cups collected by Simply Cups, and are not currently being made with cups collected by Simply Cups.
rCUP:
The world's first reusable coffee cup made with recycled coffee cups. Available for purchase.
Stay Tray:
Made with cups and recycled polypropylene.
Available for purchase.
PLUS Post fence posts:
Outdoor fenceposts made with cups.
No longer available for purchase.
Garden beds and garden edging:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
No longer available for purchase.
AC Mounting Blocks:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
No longer available for purchase.
Wheel stops:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
No longer available for purchase.
Bike lane separators/speed bumps:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
No longer available for purchase.
Buckets & Lids:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
Can be manufactured in large quantities.
Food trays:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
Can be manufactured in large quantities.
Cat litter trays:
Made with cups and soft plastics.
Can be manufactured in large quantities.