Sourcing genuinely eco friendly coffee bags is really bloody difficult. There's so much information to wade through, checking supplier credentials while also watching out for greenwashing and making sure it all comes in within budget. It's no easy task.
While some big-name coffee roasters are happy to stop at commercially compostable bags, we weren't. We wanted to do better.
That's why we're absolutely stoked to announce we are introducing fully recyclable home compostable coffee bags, alongside our existing omnidegradable ones.
Bad Hand Coffee bags: A quick guide
Black paper bags
Made from recycled paper, the new Bad Hand black coffee bags are both home compostable and recyclable.
What to do with them?
Tear the bag up +
• Put it in your regular paper recycling
• Put it in your food waste bin or home composter
• Bury it in the ground
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Brown paper bags
Also the name of a cracking Roni Size track, our brown paper bags are omnidegradable. This means they will break down in landfill, commercial or home compost to biomass, water and CO2 when in contact with naturally occurring enzymes in soil and water.
What to do with them?
Tear the bag up +
• Put it in your food waste
• Bury it in the ground
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White paper bags
The white Bad Hand Coffee bags are also omnidegradable. This means, like the brown paper bags, they will break down in landfill, commercial or home compost to biomass, water and CO2 when in contact with naturally occurring enzymes in soil and water.
What to do with them?
Tear the bag up +
• Put it in your food waste
• Bury it in the ground
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Choosing to reuse?
Refill your old coffee bags at some of the awesome, independent zero-waste stores around the area. Check out our stockists.
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Read the Bad Hand Coffee Sustainability Report