Acqua di Parma
Unocup
Packaging Solutions
Coffee drinkers want a cup which they feel will contribute to waste reduction, while still keeping the convenience and great feeling of drinking coffee on the go. So far, it has been difficult to find a solution that is both pleasant to use and environmentally friendly.
Solution overview
Unocup uses a well-tested patent pending folding design to create its own lid as an integrated top. The cup is easy to fold, hold, drink from, cheaper, and more sustainable.
Since the first prototype in 2015, and the 800 prototypes that followed it, we’ve ran with, shaken, and stirred all the cups made in order to ensure we arrived at a design that was ready for all of the rush time needs of modern consumers.
Cup Functionality
The cup is optimized to be easy to fold, hold, drink from, and reopen.
The foldable top allows for less spillage and sturdier holding
Iconic look and more aesthetic than a traditional cup
Users do not need to fiddle and look for a lid, which creates a more comfortable drinking experience.
Users no longer have to worry about their lid popping out, which can cause large messes and discomfort.
Unocup’s features a unique ergonomic design. It’s distinct shape fits right into a person’s palm, and its drinking spout fits a person’s lips to create a smoother drinking experience than that of traditional and rigid plastic top.
Unocup’s uniform structure creates a strong and consistent body that won’t cave under pressure
Unocup’s flaps can be folded backwards, so that one can drink from the rim just like a normal cup. Users can stir their coffee and add in milk or sugar with nothing in their way.
For Businesses
Lids do not need to be manufactured, stored, or transported, therefore saving on costs in energy, storage, materials, machinery, real estate, transportation, labor, and time.
Unocup’s folded top allows for unique branding or messaging possibilities for businesses or causes.
Unocup’s ability to fold backwards means that baristas can perform latte art with it, and have expressed that due to the unique shape it is even easier to craft latte art.
Manufacturing
Its one-piece structure is optimized for mass-production using existing traditional cup-making machines.
Sustainability
Collecting used paper cups becomes easier since customers will no longer need to deposit lids and cups into two different collection bins. This also allows making a cup that is 100% compostable or recyclable a lot easier since you do not have to worry about a separate material for the lid. There is also the main benefit of being able to get rid of plastic lids as a whole, which make up a significant portion of plastic waste throughout the world. This has major implications in terms of not only materials, but energy as well.
