Throw It Away? In the Backpack!

It always looks a little shabby, such a plastic or paper disposable plate at a garden party, festival or standing by the food truck. It really doesn’t do the festive food justice. Could it be done differently? Yes, believes tableware designer Mieke Cuppen.

Even if you’ve put a lot of effort into the hamburger, pulled pork or vegan curry, as soon as the dish touches the disposable plate, most of its shine immediately disappears. Why can’t it be a little classier? And sustainable at the same time?

Festival Plate

That’s exactly what tableware designer Mieke Cuppen thought, too. And when she came across the biodegradable material bassage, made from 70% sugarcane pulp and 30% FSC wood pulp, the wheels in her head immediately started turning.

Festival food has never looked so biodegradable and classy.

The result is disposable tableware Bagastro with a porcelain look. In Mieke’s own words: ‘A disposable line that combines simplicity and aesthetics with functionality, affordability and sustainability’. And it arrived just in time for festival season.

Bamboo Boats

Of course, there is already plenty of sustainable tableware on the market, from bamboo boats to pulp plates, but they don’t have Bagastro’s restaurant-style appearance. Festival food has never looked so classy. No doubt many plates and bowls will disappear into visitors’ backpacks.

Bagastro, available from €3 for 40 pieces at, among others, Hanos and De Kweker.

Text: Marjan Ippel
Photography: Mieke Cuppen