Everyday we have our morning coffees and throw away the cups without thinking twice. But what if we could keep them and make them useful? Admittedly a coffee cup is not a kitchen utensil. However with the right changes it is a product which could have a fruitful second life and make its way to our kitchens and gardens. The idea behind this concept to transform used coffee cups from litter to flower pots.
Together with your fresh roasted morning coffee you receive seeds and compressed dried soil. This will enable you to turn your trash into life with a few simple steps:
- Once you are done drinking you coffee you remove lid of the cup (made from a sugar cane based plastic) and separate the heat protection (made from natural cellulose pulped fiber) from the paper coffee cup (made from cardboard with a bio-plastic water proof coating).
2.In the heat protector there is a the soil and seed.
3.Fill the paper cup with the necessary amount of water (indicated on the inside of the cup) and add the dirt. After a few minutes it will absorb all the water and grow in size.
4.At this point you transfer the dirt to the heat protector and plant the seed.
5.To ensure that excess water and growing roots are contained put the paper cup around the heat protector.
6.Once the plant needs more space for the roots to grow, remove the heat protector and the plant from the paper cup and plant it in your garden. The heat protector will naturally decompose in the soil and the paper cup can then be recycled or reused for other plants.
Sorry for the long post. 
