Green Cup Co
Expanding green technologies in a red plastic world.
| Startup type: | Company |
| Status: | Active |
| Stage: | Prototyping |
| Publicity: | Stealth mode. No media please. |
| Funding: | Angel, Friends and Family, Self-funded |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Retail |
| Location: | Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| Website: | http://www.greencupco.com |
OUR NEWS
Current status
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what do you think about the use of polystyrene in disposable consumer products?2 years ago |
Long ago
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12 July 2009
Green Cup Co twittered 15 times, here's their latest:
what do you think about the use of polystyrene in disposable consumer products? |
ABOUT US
The Green Cup is a company focused on revolutionizing consumer culture through modern bioplastic technology. As it stands now, the dominant player in the party-cup arena is the infamous red cup.
Today, almost every red cup is made of polystyrene, which is manufactured from petroleum. Due to the limited recycling options of the oil-based plastic, as well as the throw-away consumer culture that has developed around the red cup, we feel that it is time to introduce something new and better for our environment while still holding onto the same feeling that the red cup offered.
Our product, The Green Cup, is made from Inego bioplastic by NatureWorks LLC, a material comparable to plastic derived from corn! It is biodegradable, compostable, and even if thrown away, it will not pollute the ground or the air with toxins like petroleum-based plastic cups do.
We hope to introduce our cup at UC Santa Barbara in the spring of 2009, so stay tuned and we'll keep you up to date! Please email bdunlay[at]engineering.ucsb.edu with any questions.
THINGS WE NEED
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We could use some advice on fundraising! If you have any suggestions, hints, or tips, please email me @ brian@greencupco.com
Posted by Brian Dunlay 2 years ago
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Team (4)
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Jonathan La
Student, 19, majoring in Business Economics with an emphasis in Accounting
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Todd Smith
Student, 20, pursuing Chemical Engineering degree at University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Brian Dunlay
Student, 20, majoring in Computer Engineering at UC Santa Barbara.
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Teja Chemudupati
Student, 18, majoring in Human Biology at UC San Diego.
Followers (17)
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Bob Goodson
British, working in San Francisco at Quid. Runaway Oxford medievalist. Former Yelpee.
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Ben Matteo
Entrepreneur, consultant working at the intersection of business and technology. Current projects in clean tech and neuroscience. Passions include travel, photography, sculpture, snow sports. Co founder of California Clean Tech Open, past pre...
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Danielle van Asch- Prevot
Theater/ Women’s Studies from UC Irvine, currently working as Group Manager at YouNoodle.com
please do take a peek at www.ethicalcommunity.com, we are due to launch in a couple of months we would love to feature some content on your business in the form of articles/podcasts/interviews when the site goes live. Best thing is to add us to twitter and well keep you posted when we go live.
Love it! Out with the red cup and in with the green! I'd drink to that. Good luck, guys, consider me a follower :)