The idea was to create a natural environment for our green friends living among us. The family of plant accessories was designed to be co-living with their green inhabitants, forming a natural relationship between the plant and the pot. Bowls are made from a mixture of brewed coffee grounds collected from local coffee shops in Stockholm and fully biodegradable, compostable polymer.
This picture shows how our bowl is degrading on the inside. This is around 1mm wall OFFEE_BOWL prototype after six months of hosting a plant inside. All of our products have minimum 5mm thick walls, which makes their lifespan around 3-6 years.
The material is biodegradable, which means it will start dissolving right after being introduced to the bacteria living in the soil you place in the bowl. During this gradual and slow process, coffee grounds will be released from the biopolymer mixture and start to fertilize the plant, while the outer side of the bowl will remain completely stable.
OFFEE_BOWL's lifespan is between 3 and 6 years in a home environment, depending on conditions it is kept in, amount of light it is exposed to, and the way it is treated. After a period of time, when degradation process makes the bowl unusable, you can simply place it in your home compost – if you are lucky enough to have one – or you send it back to us and we will recycle the material for its further re-use.
