Food Scrap Management

Compostable Products

The following companies currently manufacture or distribute products that are designed to degrade in the composting process. Please check with each company for specific products, prices, and commercial availability. The CIWMB does not endorse specific products and recommends verifying the acceptability of these products at local food scrap composting facilities. New listings are encouraged and published upon CIWMB approval and permission from the supplier.

Arrow Tableware
366 Littlefield Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: (650) 871-8226
Fax: (650) 871-8726
E-mail: info@arrowtableware.com
Website: www.arrowtableware.com
Arrow Tableware® carries single-use food service packaging products made from 100 percent biodegradable and compostable (sugarcane/bagasse) materials and manufacturing.

Asean Corporation (Stalkmarket, Jaya and Planet + brands)
16540 SW 72nd, Building 7
Portland, Oregon 97224
Phone: (503) 295-4977
Fax: (503) 295-4978
E-mail: info@stalkmarket.net
Website: www.stalkmarket.net

Bio Technology Inc.
106 E. Medina St.
Cairo, NE 68824
Phone: (308) 485-0107
Fax: (308) 485-4819
E-mail: tom@thinkbti.com
Bio Technology Inc. offers wheat-based tableware.

BIOgroupUSA
107 Regents PI.
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Phone: (800) 959-2247
Fax: (904) 543-8113
BIOgroupUSA offers bags and films.

Biosphere Industries
1025 Cindy Lane
Carpinteria, CA 93013
Phone: 805-566-6563
Fax: 805-566-6583
E-mail: info1@biosphereindustries.com
Website: www.biosphereindustries.com
Biosphere Industries offers starch based dual ovenable and microwavable disposable rigid packaging.

Bio-Tuf
Heritage Bag Company
Contact: Peter Klaich
E-mail: pklaich@heritage-bag.com
Heritage Bag Company manufactures of Bio-Tuf compostable bags.

Bridge-Gate Alliance Group
6900 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 411
Pleasanton, CA 94566
Phone: (925) 417-0638
Fax: (925) 417-5913
Contact: Melissa Sallady
Contact E-mail: msallady@bridge-gate.com
E-mail: info@bridge-gate.com
Website: http://bridge-gate.com
Bridge-Gate has a line of dinnerware and takeout packaging that has been certified by the Biodegradable Products Institute.

BYOGREEN
Phone: (409) 939-0659
Fax: (409) 632-0062
E-mail: Info@byogreen.com
Website: www.byogreen.com
BYOGREEN offers biodegradable products including plates, cups, utensils, bags, paper, and other products.

Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone: (513) 728-6294 or toll free (800) 728-5062
Fax: (513) 728-3946
E-mail: customerservice@clovernook.org
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers compostable paper hot cups.

Earthshell
800 Miramonte Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93109-1419
Phone: (805) 897-2299
Fax: (805) 899-3517
E-mail: jnevling@earthshell.com
Earthshell offers hinged-lid clamshells, plates, bowls and sandwich wraps.

Earth Smart, LLC.
28364 S. Western Ave. #492
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
Phone: (480) 206-4513
Fax: (480) 575-9475
E-mail: wes@earthsmartllc.com
Earth Smart, LLC. offers plates, bowls, to-go containers, cutlery, trays.

Earthware Biodegradables
PO Box 473
7282 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Lagunitas, CA 94938
Phone: (800) 211-6747
Local phone (415) 488-8512
Fax: (800) 211-6746
E-mail: info@earthwarebiodegradables.com
Earthware Biodegradables has non-GMO, wheat-based cutlery; corn-based cutlery; plates; cups, etc.

Eastman Chemical
Phone: (423) 224-0411
Eastman Chemical has bags, films, and nonwoven fibers.

Eco Film and Eco Works
Cortec Corporation
4119 White Bear Parkway
Saint Paul, MN 55110
Phone: (800) 4-CORTEC (426-7832) or (651) 429-1100
Fax: (651) 429-1122
E-mail: bboyle@cortecvci.com
Manufacturer of Eco Film® and Eco Works® compostable films and bags.

Eco-Products Inc.
3640 Walnut Street
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Phone: (303) 449-1876
Website: www.ecoproducts.com
Contact: Kelly Murphy, Midwest Regional Sales Manager
Contact Phone: (720) 224-2702
Manufactures and distributes biodegradable/compostable cups, plates, bowls, containers, and cutlery.

Eatitworld Forestware
The Retreat,
Shahibag Ahmedabad, 380 004. INDIA
Phone: +91-79-288-5599
Phone/Fax: +91-79-288-4545
E-mail: mailto@eatitworld.com
Eatitworld Forestware offers Leafware--plates, bowls, placemats, table covers.

Excellent Packaging & Supply
3220 Blume Drive, Suite 111
Richmond, CA 94806
Phone: 510-501-3307

Farnell Packaging
Phone: (902) 468-9378
Farnell Packaging offers bags and films.

Fortune Plastics
P. O. Box 637,
Williams Lane
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Phones: (860) 388-3426 or (800) 243-0306
Fax: (860) 388-9930
E-mail: cs@fortuneplastics.com
Fortune Plastics manufactures "Comp-Lete" compostable bags in various sizes.

Green Earth Office Supply
59 North Santa Cruz Ave.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Phone: (408) 395-3975 or toll free (800) 327-8449
Fax: (408) 395-3965
E-mail: info@greenearthofficesupply.com
Green Earth Office Supply has a catalog & retail store for biodegradable products.

Greener Earth Marketing
1240 Treat Ave
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone (415) 279-3221
Fax (415) 824-0645
E-mail: janet@sinlessbuying.com
Greener Earth Marketing is a distributor of sugar cane pulp based bowls, cups, plates and "to go" containers.

Innovia Films, Inc.
I290 Interstate North Circle, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (770) 818-3008
Fax: (770) 818-3001
Contact : Malcolm Cohn
E-mail: Malcohm.Cohn@innoviafilms.com
Innovia Films, Inc. manufacturers NatureFlex, a regenerated cellulose film.

NAT-UR, Inc.
3411-3421 West El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
Phone: (310) 676-5000
Fax: (310) 676-5003
E-mail: info@NAT-UR.com
Small quantity ordering: www.nat-urstore.com
NAT-UR, Inc. offers certified compostable cutlery, hot and cold cups, plates, straws, bin liners, and bags.

Signature Works
(LC Industries)
1 Signature Drive
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
Phone: (800) 647-2468
E-mail: vwhite@netdoor.com
Signature Works offers wheat-based cutlery.

Simply Biodegradable
PO Box 398
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Phone/Fax: (509) 764-0233
Cell:(509) 910-1430
E-mail: brad@simplybiodegradable.com
Simply Biodegradable offers utensils plates, cups, bowls, trays, hinged lid clamshells, packing material, and bags.

VersaPack
16 Sterling Lake Road
Tuxedo Park, NY 10987
Phone:(845) 667-5000
Fax: (845) 667-5001
Mobile:(201) 913-3822
E-mail: robert.conway@versapack.com
Website: www.greendine.com

The Washington Group Corporation, dba Washington Bio-Plastics
101 California Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 869-1028
Fax: (415) 946-8801
Email: washingtonm@washingtonbio-plastics.com
Washington Bio-Plastics offers 100 percent biodegradable/compostable paper hot cups.

Woods End Laboratories, Inc.
P.O. Box 297
Mt. Vernon, ME 04352
Phone: (207) 293-2457
Fax: (207) 293-2488
E-mail: weblink@woodsend.org
Woods End Laboratories, Inc. offers testing of degradability of bioplastics and food waste compost quality.

World Centric BioCompostables
2121 Staunton Court
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 283-3797
Fax: (866) 850-9732
Contact web page: http://worldcentric.org/about-us/contact
World Centric BioCompostables offers sugarcane fiber, compostable plastics, such as cups, bowls, straws, bags, and more).