First fully garden-compostable coffee capsule worldwide

For many people who like to prepare their coffee with capsules, the enjoyment ends when it comes to disposal: What to do with the used capsules? With a guilty conscience in the household waste? Or keep them for recycling - and risk them becoming moldy and smelly?

"Orbiter" is the name of the coffee capsule that shoots all these concerns to the moon: the world's first coffee capsule that can be disposed of in garden compost with a 100 percent clear conscience. The coffee capsule is produced using the revolutionary FluidSolids® technology. The material for their production consists of 100 percent biomass and comes from residual products from the food industry, such as corn cob meal or oat husks. Thanks to the natural capsule material, no microplastics can be created, neither during production, consumption or composting.

"Orbiter" lands unerringly in the compost

However, the recyclable "Orbiter" coffee capsule not only has numerous advantages for coffee lovers, but also for capsule suppliers. With its outstanding material properties, it already meets all the requirements that the EU will place on sustainability in general and packaging and waste in particular in the coming years. And it is particularly economical. On the one hand, thanks to the consistent avoidance of petroleum-based plastics, there are no plastic taxes and packaging levies. And on the other hand, because the "Orbiter" coffee capsule is produced in an energy-efficient way.

"Orbiter" also takes off in terms of taste

Thanks to the excellent oxygen barrier, the "Orbiter" coffee capsule also offers a special taste and, in combination with a clear conscience, a perfect taste experience.

"Orbiter" is ready for launch

The technical development has been completed, the necessary documents and certifications have been obtained and the "Orbiter" coffee capsule is ready for use in standard capsule machines and entry into the circular economy. Not least because FluidSolids is joined in the cockpit by Café Noir, a company that is at home in the coffee business universe. The Zurich-based roastery has long been distributing its high-quality, lovingly roasted coffee in its own organic natural gas delivery van in a CO2-neutral way in the city without using aluminum packaging. Now it is taking sustainability to the next level and selling this coffee in fully garden-compostable coffee capsules from FluidSolids - online at https://cafe-noir.ch or in its own store at Neugasse 33 in 8005 Zurich.