Biodegradable Coffee Stirrers, Cups and Lids
At Single Use Alternatives, we offer the UK’s most comprehensive range of sustainable alternatives to catering disposables, including coffee stirrers, cups and lids. Our products are made from highly renewable and sustainable sources, offering you affordable ways to reduce your carbon footprint whilst protecting the planet.
Who we are
Single Use Alternatives was founded by Adrian and Neil; two brothers who are passionate about enjoying the outdoors and caring for the environment. Concerned about the impact single use plastics are having upon the environment, we decided to offer a range of cost effective high quality, alternative products.
To find out more about our products simply browse through our website. If you have any questions we’d love to hear from you: please complete the enquiry form on our contact page.
Green alternatives to standard plastic catering disposables
From coffee stirrers and cups for hot drinks, through to burger boxes, deli pots and sandwich cartons, our eco-friendly products are perfectly designed for use in coffee shops, cafés, takeaways, food markets and mobile catering venues, or for entertaining at home.
As a young business, we are absolutely passionate about making it simple and affordable to switch to sustainable alternatives to the single use, disposable plastic and polystyrene items you use to serve takeaway food and drinks.
To make it as easy and cost-effective for you to make ethical choices, you’ll find that we offer over 400 products made from plants not plastic and available at realistic prices. We don’t set a minimum order value, so you’ll be able to order in quantities which are realistic for you; whether you need 100 biodegradable coffee stirrers or 1000s. We’re happy to provide free samples of our products and with convenient delivery direct to your door, shopping with us is simple and fuss-free.
Our coffee cups and lids product range
Our product range is perfect for use in your catering business or for entertaining at home. From double walled coffee cups, lids and stirrers, through to sandwich boxes, food pots and cutlery, our cost-effective products are just as robust as their plastic counterparts. To discover our complete range of food containers, cups and lids, tableware and accessories, why not browse through our website?
Why make the switch to sustainable alternatives?
Thanks to worldwide publicity, you’re probably well aware of the problems caused by plastic pollution in the environment. Plastic can take up to 400 years to degrade and when you consider that most of the plastic ever produced - that’s over 8 billion tonnes since the early 1950s - still exists in some form, something has to be done.
Although choosing biodegradable coffee stirrers over standard plastic stirrers might seem like a very small step to take, the more of us who take these steps, the bigger the end result will be.
At Single Use Alternatives, we know that a wide range of eco-friendly alternatives to plastic disposables are now available. However, we also know that they have tended to cost more and can be difficult to source in realistic quantities. As such, it is our mission to make switching to sustainable products as simple and affordable as possible.
Our products are made from renewable sources and as such are 100% biodegradable or compostable. Biodegradable items are suitable for collection in areas where special industrial composting facilities are available, whilst compostable items are suitable for inclusion in compostables collections in local food waste. Please check locally for further information..
Get in touch with Single Use Alternatives
For further information on our products including biodegradable coffee stirrers and cups, please get in touch with Single Use Alternatives at: contact@singleusealternatives.co.uk