All about cardboard cups
If you hesitate to take the plunge, this article on cardboard cups is made to convince you! Here, we will explain everything to you: what size for what volume, what uses, what price, the manufacturing method, the advantages, the different possible suppliers, as well as some other important things to know about this type of cup. Good reading !
What sizes? What volume?
In addition to being able to choose the design that you like, you can also choose the capacity that suits you the most. You should find your happiness among the following sizes:
- 10 cl cardboard cups (4 oz)
- 15 cl cardboard cups (5 oz)
- 18 cl cardboard cups (7 oz)
- Carton cups 21 cl (7.5 oz)
- 25 cl cardboard cups (8 oz)
- 33 cl cardboard cups (12 oz)
- 40 cl cardboard cups (14 oz)
- Cardboard cups 47 cl (16 oz)
- 65 cl cardboard cups (22 oz)
Discover all our Tips for choosing the capacity of a cardboard cup.
On Cove, we offer more than one hundred different references from disposable cardboard cups, themselves proposed by different suppliers. On our site, cups are generally sold by boxes of 1,000, 2,000 or 3,000 units (this differs depending on the supplier). Also note that prices may vary according to cup references and suppliers.
So having a list of cup contents is good, but how to use it now? Before ordering Remember that each type of drink will have an ideal capacity.
For cafes and ice cream, we advise you to use 10 cl cups, 15 cl cups, 18 cl cups, 21 cl cups and 25 cl cups. To quietly take your hot tea or chocolate, you can use 33 cl cardboard cups and 40 cl cardboard cups.
If you want to serve water, 18 cl cups, 21 cl cups. For fruit juices, cocktails, smoothies and milkshakes, we advise you to buy the 25 cl cups, 33 cl cups, 40 cl cups, 50 cm cups and 65 cl cups.
And finally, concerning beers and sodas, we believe that the best options are to use 30 cl cardboard cups, 40 cl cardboard cups, 47 cl cardboard cups and 65 cl cardboard cups.
You can also note that if the objective is to promote your brand/event/restaurant/trade, the best is to obtain personalized cardboard cups. In addition, and so that your identity is noted, it is more judicious to provide you with large Kraft goblets so that your personalization is as visible as possible.
What uses?
THE disposable cardboard cups can be used for any type of drink. The goblet can first accommodate cold drinks (water, soda, fruit juice, icy tea, etc.), and in this case, the single wall cups are enough. However, if you want to introduce hot drinks (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, etc.), it is best to provide you with double -wall cardboard cups to ensure good sealing. Indeed, you can avoid burning your hands or your liquid ends up fleeing. It can also be important for your hot drinks to order covers for cup In order to keep the heat of your drink.
Whether you are a professional or an individual, we do not make a difference: the disposable cardboard cups offered on COVR are accessible to all.
Cardboard cups for professional use: Following the numerous prohibitions concerning plastic dishes, professionals must now turn to more durable cups made from eco-responsible materials, and the box is one of them. The professional must therefore use this cardboard cup in order to serve his customers and replace the plastic cup.
Cardboard cups also for domestic use: As mentioned above, the individual can also use this type of cup during various holidays. You have surely noticed that the cardboard cups are more and more present when you are invited somewhere! So yes, but for what events? Here are a few:
- For the birthdays : Birthday cardboard cups can add a touch of color and conviviality! Whether it is the birthday of your daughter, your cousin or your mother, the cardboard cup will in any case have its effect.
- For the school events : Carton cup for school event is the solution to prevent children from breaking glasses.
- For the festivals : The cardboard cup for festival is a must to brighten up these festive moments, and it is all the more so when it is colorful.
- For the Cremaillère hangings : Cardboard cups for hanging rack are the best way to celebrate your new home!
- For the weddings : The elegance of cardboard cups for wedding is ideal for accompanying this beautiful event. Depending on your decoration, he will necessarily be able to blend.
- For the new Year's Day : Carton cup for New Years Day is ideal for celebrating the new year!
- For the picnics : What could be more practical than taking cardboard cups for picnics to find your friends? In addition to that, they are light and therefore ideal to transport.
- For the Firs and salons : To have tast or to drink between two presentations, the cardboard cup for living room and fair remains an essential.
There are many occasions to buy cardboard cups.
Important things to know about cardboard cups
Machines that use cardboard cups
First, cardboard cups can be used in two different automatic distribution machines. We first find the coffee machine, the ideal place for a break between colleague, and the water fountain, perfect for refreshing hot weather.
The instructions to follow to put cardboard in the microwave
Then we want to warn you about the use of your cardboard cups in the microwave. We advise you not to put your cardboard packaging in the microwave, because the cardboard can contain glues, waxes and other materials that can represent a health risk when heated. In addition, some boxes of food to take away are sometimes accompanied by metal handles or fasteners, which can cause sparks.
However, there is an exception. Indeed, if it is written "Microwave Safe" or if the logo representing a microwave is there, you can put your cup in the microwave without any concern.
The different papers used for manufacturing
We also want to inform you about the different types of papers that can be used during the Cardboard cup manufacturing.
We first find the "normal" paper. In order to make paper, it is first essential to call on wood, which is a renewable resource. The trees are slaughtered, to then be transformed into paper. Wood can come from forest located in Europe and South America, and can respect FSC standards, without the forest being necessarily certified.
In a second step, we find the FSC certified paper, which means that all the actors participating in the manufacturing process (from producer to the distributor) are themselves FSC certified. In order to obtain this certification, the company must comply with 10 principles established by the FSC organization. Within these principles, we can in particular find the obligation to replant the slaughtered trees. There are 3 different certification programs: 100%FSC paper, recycled FSC paper and mixed FSC paper.
In a last step, we finally find the FSI paper. Paper products made from this certification are only made from recycled materials and paper. Companies manufacturing this kind of paper work with paper waste suppliers located in the Philippines.
Recycling steps according to the cardboard cup used
Finally, the recycling steps of the cardboard cup are different depending on their composition.
Concerning the plastic cups, they are only made from paper materials. After use, they are fully recyclable. The recovery of the blank wood fiber from this cup again allows you to produce products from paper (such as the boxes box). In order to be able to enter your cardboard cup into a recycling process, it must be thrown into a paper trash can, and then be collected and sent to specialized paper factories.
As for Cardboard and PLA cups, they have a thin layer of plastic produced from plants (PLA). PLA plastic cannot be broken down into nature, it is therefore only degradable in factories provided for this purpose. Plastic is however broken down under certain conditions: for example, plastic must first be moistened for 90 days before being broken down. Because there are currently few factories practicing this type of recycling, it is therefore advisable to throw these goblets like normal cups, so that they are burned and transformed into biomass.
About the Cardboard cups with PE movie, the recycling steps are still different. If the cups are well sorted and well emptied, the presence of a thin layer of plastic is not an obstacle to recycling. Within the sorting center, the cardboard and the plastic are separated and the cups are then immersed inside large water tanks. Then follow the stages of suspension, from transformation into paste in the pulp, purification, disengagement and cycloning. When the dough is finally clean and homogeneous, it is spread out, pressed to make a sheet, then dried. A mother coil is then made, and once it is finished, the dough can return to the factory to make other cups, which can be put back on the market.
Budget, cost and price for what volume
On a covr, we suggest providing you in cardboard cups, in sizes and designs (white, black, with motif, etc.). Sometimes it is difficult to make the right choice, and that is why we decided to make a summary of prices and control volumes, so that you can have an idea of indicative prices.
- The cardboard cup 10 cl (4 OZ): from 0.02 € to 0.11 €, for a volume ranging from 1000 cups to 15,000 cups
- Carton cups 15 cl (5 OZ): 0.03 €, for a volume ranging from 3000 units to 15,000 units
- Carton cups 18 cl (7 OZ): from 0.03 € to 0.08 €, for an order volume ranging from 1000 to 15,000 cups
- Carton cups 21 cl (7.5 OZ): from 0.04 € to 0.06 €, for a volume ranging from 1000 units to 3000 units
- Cardboard cups 25 cl (8 OZ): from 0.05 € to 0.21 €, for a volume ranging from 120 cups to 10,000 cups
- Cardboard cups 33 cl (12 OZ): from 0.05 € to 0.14 €, for an order volume of 200 to 10,000 units
- Carton cups 40 cl (14 OZ): from 0.07 € to 1.02 €, for a volume ranging from 80 to 2,000 cardboard cups
- Cardboard cups 50 cl (16 oz): from 0.09 € to 0.29 €, for a volume ranging from 200 cups to 1000 cups
- Cardboard cups 65 cl (22 oz): 0.11 €, for an order volume of 1000 units
Namely that we also offer all these products to the palette (consult us for prices), at prices naturally lower than parcel
You should also note that the volumes mentioned do not necessarily apply to all models of cardboard cups. The prices vary according to references and suppliers. Prices can also differ depending on whether cardboard cups are made for cold drinks or hot drinks. For more information, it is therefore advisable to look in detail our product sheets and/or send us a quote request.
Manufacturing
Once the production of paper is completed, this same paper is transported in factories for the manufacture of cups. The cardboard cups are then produced in different steps, here.
At first, and according to the demand of companies, the goblets are printed before switching to the stages of cutting and folding. It is indeed impossible to print on cups that have already been folded. There are 4 different printing methods such as offset printing, buffer, flexographic impression and digital printing.
In a second step, the paper is cut by a machine in order to precisely respect the requested measures.
Thirdly, the paper passes into a machine that folds it in the shape of a cup. The top of the cup is also folded so that the cup is more resistant and pleasant when you drink.
Finally, the bottom of the cup is reinforced so that the liquid cannot cross the wall.
Benefits
In addition to everything that has been said previously and that constitutes a set of advantages, here are new that we have not yet mentioned with you.
Significant time saving
Indeed, using cardboard cups instead of reusable cups can allow you to eliminate or reduce the long stage of cleaning and drying of dishes. The energy and the time you waste during your diving and filling hours of the dishwasher, can thanks to the disposable cardboard cup, allowing you to be more efficient in the kitchen but also at the time of the service.
Give a brand image that respects the environment
The purchase of disposable cardboard cups can allow you to create a brand image thanks to the various possibilities of personalized printing that exist and that we offer on a covr. It is a way to be recognizable with consumers. In addition, the ecological conscience of consumers only grow, so using cardboard cups (known to be recyclable and therefore good for the environment) you can only attract new customers!
Significant money savings
The use of disposable cardboard cup allows, every month, to reduce your water and electricity bills. Indeed, using cardboard cups, you avoid breaking of cups in glasses, but also dishes! Added to that, the cardboard cup is known to be inexpensive during its manufacture, which then makes it a product sold for inexpensive on the market.
An environmentally friendly product
Cardboard is a material known to constitute a good alternative to plastic. Indeed, the cardboard is after use much less polluting than plastic, and recycles much more easily (as seen above in the article with the cup recycling steps). Following its use and sorting, the cardboard cup can be eliminated by incineration, and its air emissions hardly produce negative environmental effects.
It is important to add that the cup takes maximum 5 months to decompose in nature, against 500 years for a plastic cup, which makes it a good product for ecology. The single-use cardboard cup is revaluable, that is to say that it can be transformed into energy.
Choose the right supplier
On cocvr, many suppliers are present, and 4 are selling their cardboard cups. So here they are:
- Biosylva: Specialist in single -use table art, Biosylva offers you different disposable dishes and produced, such as household products, packaging, hygiene products ... and all this by trying to the maximum that these products be compostable.
- Attis: Present for more than 20 years on the food packaging market, ATTIS provides a wide range of packaging, made from eco-responsible materials.
- Prestige Pack: Specializing in the sale of cardboard cup, this supplier offers you an extended range of cups and lids for professionals. The manufacture of these products is carried out so that they are recyclable, compostable or biodegradable.
- Garcia de Pou: This wholesaler puts for sale on codes for protection and hygiene, as well as products for table service. Garcia de Pou also offers you to personalize towels, toppages, plates, cardboard cups, paper bags and paper and cardboard packaging for take -out.
Now that you have read this article, you are sure to make the right choices! And if you want to know more about dishes, packaging and eco-responsible hygiene products, the Instagram of Covr (Covr.marketplace) shares other little tips every week!
If in doubt, the COVR team remains at your disposal for any further information by email, or by phone on 0184605360.