Today, in part 3 of our series The Extraordinary remaking of Ordinary Things, let’s begin with the not well-known problem of the paper coffee cup, that it leaks and loses rigidity when hot, unless you put a coating on it, one made of polyethylene, and that coating makes it very, very difficult to break down in a landfill or handle in a waste recovery and recycling facility. Now, J&J Green Paper has developed a compound made primary of sugarcane and rice bran wax that can replace polyethylene as a coating for coffee cups, Keurig K-Pods, and other plastic-based waste.