Better disposable coffee cups can be made with waste from sugar cane

> she estimates that cups made from the new material would cost $2,333 a tonne. That is half the $4,750 a tonne cost of biodegradable cups made from polylactic acid (fermented plant starch), and only slightly more than the $2,177 a tonne that it takes to make plastic cups.

There you go. The dagger for non-biodegradable plastics come not just from invention, but from invention and value. ~7% increase in price is enough to disrupt.

This would be great for coffee chains. Some people think that when you bring you own cup to Starbucks, it'll save a paper cup. This is actually not true. The barista has to use pour the coffee to a new cup and then they'll pour in on yours.

Bagasse is widely used for making paper plates, clamshell containers, and other disposables.[1] Cheap, biodegradeable, and non-toxic. What's new here? Smoother texture, perhaps?

[1] https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Disposable-bagasse-bi...

If this can eliminate paper coffee cups with leaking seams, I'm all for it.