Canadians love their coffee and especially the convenience of single-serve coffee pods. But consumers are increasingly concerned about the impacts of the plastic used to make traditional pods.

Enter the 100 percent compostable coffee pod. Toronto-based Club Coffee worked with University of Guelph researchers to develop PurPod100™ in 2016. Since then, Canadians have enjoyed more than a billion cups of delicious coffee in these compostable pods, while reducing their environmental footprint.

The pod replaces traditional petroleum-based plastics with plant-based materials similar to cornstarch as well as actual coffee bean skins.

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