TESSERA Bio Products^® utensils from palm leaves come from the ARECA palm tree variety. These specific trees grow in Asian countries, especially in India, as they are favored by the tropical climate. ARECA palm leaves can reach up to two meters in length! When the leaves ripen, they fall, and collected by the producers to be used as raw material for the manufacture of these wonderful, completely natural tableware. After their collection, the palm leaves are cleaned, sterilized, placed in molds and compressed. Pressure applied to them gives their final shape. None of the utensil is the same as the other because each leaf is unique. So, nature itself gives us its own dishes, plates, and bowls. Enjoy your food in TESSERA Bio Products^® palm leaf tableware and feel as one with nature!

TESSERA Bio Products^® wooden series come from 100% natural birch tree. Birch is a deciduous tree that reaches a height of 20 to 25 meters. It grows in cold climates and wet soil and it is highly resistant to moisture. Birch wood is a hard and durable material. During the production of disposable wooden items, no chemical additives are used.

Wooden TESSERA Bio Products^® are manufactured from forests with responsible management. These products are the eco – alternative to disposable plastics.

TESSERA Bio Products^® series also has disposable tableware from Bamboo. The well-known Bamboo plant can reach up to 40 meters in height and it is very robust. It thrives in deep and fertile soils, unreachable to cold winds. Bamboo rods are naturally harvested, and utensils made from them are free of chemical additives. Our bamboo table wares are produced from plantations with responsible management. Choose bamboo TESSERA Bio Products^® and protect the environment.

According to Chinese tradition, the invention of paper dates back to 105 A.D., when Tsai Lun, a great court official, expressed his inspiration to the Han-dynasty emperor Ho-ti. His idea was to create paper from materials such as tree bark, hemp fibers, old rags, and pieces of silk. He mashed all these materials by pounding them in the water. Afterwards he poured the pulp on a flagstone and let it dry in the sun. The art of making paper spread rapidly throughout the world.

Paper has proven to be a timeless invention and now it is also used to make many kinds of disposable products. TESSERA Bio Products^® paper table wares are environmentally friendly, as they are produced from forests with responsible management. This ensures that forests are not destroyed through this process. Furthermore, the series includes disposable products without plastic coating, or with a biodegradable and compostable coating (PLA) which can be recycled, biodegraded, and composted with the minimum environmental footprint. Choose them and make the difference!

TESSERA Bio Products^® waterbased line presents the new paper products with an internal water-based emulsion coating. These products are recyclable, as no separation of the inner lining from the paper is required. They are composted in 75 days under dry and aerobic composting conditions and biodegradable in an anaerobic environment within 52 days.

They are ecological and environmentally friendly since the paper used as raw material for their production comes from responsible forest management. Use these innovative paper products that after use can return to the environment in a natural way.

The sugarcane plant first appeared and cultivated in the South Pacific islands. In fact, New Guinea is considered as the homeland of sugarcane. This precious plant can grow very quickly even though it can reach 3 to 6 meters in height. TESSERA Bio Products^® from sugarcane are manufactured from the so-called Bagasse, i.e. from the residual fibrous material that remains after the sugar cane is compressed to produce sugar. Precisely because it is a by-product of sugar, its collection does not require additional arable land.

Bagasse utensils have very good properties. They are stable, robust, and sturdy. They can withstand very low and very high temperatures and therefore are suitable for use in freezers and microwave ovens. They are also resistant to water and fat and can contain hot, greasy foods and snacks. The TESSERA Bio Products^® utensils from Bagasse can offer ecological and environmentally friendly packaging solutions.

TESSERA Bio Products^® is the first brand that includes in its range eco-friendly disposable nitrile gloves. TESSERA Bio Products^® nitrile gloves are specially designed to protect the environment, as they are biodegradable in both anaerobic and aerobic conditions in landfills. The material from which they are made of is suitable and capable of undergoing biological aerobic or anaerobic degradation, which leads to the production of CO2 (carbon dioxide), H2O (water), methane, biomass and minerals, depending on the environmental conditions of the process. But how exactly do TESSERA Bio Products^® disposable nitrile gloves biodegrade and how do they protect the environment?

The special composition of biodegradable TESSERA Bio Products^® disposable nitrile gloves attracts specific microbes and germs from the soil of the landfill when they come into contact. The microbes and germs gradually lead used gloves in biodegradation. This procedure reduces the accumulation of waste in landfills and thus, the environment is protected! Biodegradable TESSERA Bio Products^® nitrile gloves only take 8 to 10 years to biodegrade, while conventional nitrile gloves take hundreds of years. Nowadays, that gloves are more necessary than ever, choose the biodegradable and food safe TESSERA Bio Products^® nitrile gloves, to protect yourself and the environment!

Mater Bi is a material that belongs to the family of bioplastics. It was created after many years of research by the Italian company NOVAMONT and is produced by innovative technologies, which use starch, cellulose, vegetable oils, as well as their combinations as raw materials. The biodegradability and composting properties of MATER-BI in combination with its high content in renewable raw materials allow the optimal management of Mater Bi products as organic waste. Thus, the environmental impact is reduced. By using Mater Bi TESSERA Bio Products^® you become a part of the cycle reduce-reuse-recycle-repeat!

PLA (Poly – Lactic – Acid) is the most well-known biodegradable thermoplastic, derived from renewable sources, such as corn starch or other carbohydrate-rich substances. Thus, disposable products made or containing PLA coating are biodegradable and compostable and therefore environmentally friendly. For this reason, they are part of the TESSERA Bio Products^® range.