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What's up everybody? We're coming at your here live from our Viv offices and today we are giving y'all 4 quick tips to purchasing compostable hot cups.

Here it is. 4 tips - under 3 minutes.

Tip #1 - You're looking for hot cups that are BPI certified and meet ASTM standards D6400 and D6868. What you're looking for though is that there is proper labeling of those compostability standards. That means you're looking for 1) a green stripe on your cups and 2) the word compostable. That's how you know that the cups go in a compost container and that's how the folks at composting and recycling facilities know that this cup is compostable.

Tip #2 - You're looking for a bio-plastic lining inside the cup. Take a deep look in there. I know you can't tell if it's a bio-plastic, but trust me it is. Bio-plastic lining is important because 90+% of composting facilities don't accept hot cups that don't have a bio-plastic lining. There are a lot of hot ...