Zero-Microplastic Paper Cups in Lucknow

Lucknow's food service industry is booming. The city has seen a surge in organised food delivery, with Zomato and Swiggy reporting double-digit growth year over year. Corporate parks in Vibhuti Khand and IT City are shifting to in-house cafeterias that serve thousands of cups of tea and coffee daily. Hospitals like KGMU and Medanta serve beverages to patients in disposable cups around the clock. In every one of these settings, PE-coated cups are silently shedding microplastics into hot drinks. Switching to Pratva's aqueous-coated cups eliminates that risk entirely — while costing only 8–15% more per unit and fitting directly into Lucknow's existing paper waste recycling streams through the city's kabadiwalla network.

Every standard PE-coated paper cup releases approximately 25,000 microplastic particles into hot beverages. Pratva’s aqueous-coated cups are CPPRI-certified to contain zero plastic film — meaning zero microplastic shedding, full re-pulpability with normal paper waste, and compliance with FDA 21 CFR and FSSAI food safety standards.