The EU's new rules on green claims have applied since 27 September. Sweden's law comes later. The duty to prove a claim doesn't wait.

LIPLID AB, the Swedish innovator in plastic-free, plant-based foodservice packaging, and One Planet Café Ltd., the Tokyo-registered sustainability company behind an internationally recognised Fair Trade banana fibre value chain in Zambia, today announced a strategic collaboration to investigate the use of banana fibres in future sustainable packaging products. The partnership brings together LIPLID's expertise in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based packaging wit

The most sustainable material is the one that doesn't exist. Traditional coffee lids are over-engineered in the wrong way. They use far more plastic than necessary to create "domes" that serve no actual functional purpose. Liplid was born from the Swedish principle of Lagom- not too little, not too much, but just right. The 25% Advantage By moving the lid inside the cup edge, we've eliminated the need for a flared external skirt. Our lid weighs about 4 g, against 5.5-6 g for

The "Green Wave" of legislation is no longer a distant warning - it is a legal reality. In the EU, the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) already bans cups and lids made of expanded polystyrene, and requires every country to reduce the use of single-use plastic cups, including their lids. Sweden has gone further: since 2024, single-use cups with more than 15% plastic may not be sold there. What that means for lids Ordinary plastic lids are not banned in the EU today. But th