Coffee is the world’s most popular beverage. While we love and rely on our daily caffeine fix as much as anyone, we also care deeply about the environment and the coffee industry has been a massive waste culprit, producing over 23 million excess tons of waste every year.

One key problem area driving this waste comes from something called coffee parchment. The parchment layer on every coffee bean acts kind of like the husk on corn: a protective outer layer that ends up being tossed as a waste product once beans are harvested and ready for production. Until now, there haven’t been many uses for this material.

Through years of experimentation and research, our team at Bloom Fibers patented a new process that pulps coffee parchment and transforms it into a strong, 100% compostable material that has endless potential uses as a more sustainable alternative to paper and plastics. We give coffee parchment a second life and are committed to helping people and companies reduce their footprints one bean at a time.