Product Offerings World Centric’s Biocompostable product line includes Ingeo™ cold cups, deli, salad and food containers, soufflé cups, drinking straws, Ingeo™ lined coffee cups, soup bowls and hot coffee cup lids. We also offer trash/waste and shopping bags which are made from 10-20% Ingeo™. All these products are offered in a range of sizes and styles. Our cups and bowls come with a “Biocompostable” logo and “100% compostable” printed on the side, to distinguish them from regular plastic products, and to facilitate sorting at municipal recycling or composting facilities. Custom printing is available for most items, and we are able to design and manufacture custom products for food service and food packaging. World Centric manufactures a wide range of Biocompostable products, including an extensive line of fiber based products made from sugarcane and wheat straw for the foodservice industry. World Centric will be introducing Ingeo™ lined agri-fiber products, to provide a more sustainable option for existing paper food service products.
Profile and Sustainability Statement World Centric has remained a strong advocate for environmental sustainability and social justice since its inception in 2004. We bring this focus to everything we do. • Zero Carbon Footprint. We offset our total carbon emissions by working with two grassroots international environmental and social organizations to plant 175,000 trees in Cameroon and India. • Give 25% of net profits. We gave nearly $40,000 in 2009 to worthy charities that contribute toward a more environmentally sustainable and economically viable way of life in India, Kenya and North America. • Discount our products to schools (25%) and nonprofits (15%) and have done that since we started. • Provide compostable lunch trays at cost to schools to replace Styrofoam trays with a total donation of over $126,000 in 2009. • Regularly audit outsourced factories under Fair Labor Organization guidelines, to ensure fair wages and working conditions for workers. • Power our office using renewable energy (a combination of wind and solar) and strive to be a zero-waste office. • Provide $250 per month reimbursement for employees to take public transportation. • Have hosted environmental and social justice speakers and film series since 2004 and regularly host other community events.