Knowledge
What you want to know, with the sources attached.
Explainers on cellulose and bacterial cellulose, on medicine cups in healthcare and on how we arrive at our figures.
Articles
Start with what you most want to know.
- Material
What is bacterial cellulose?
What cellulose is, how bacteria make it, what it is used for and what we do not know yet.
Read the article - Comparison
Paper, PLA or bacterial cellulose?
Three materials for medicine cups, compared honestly. Including what PLA is and whether paper breaks down.
Read the comparison - Rules
Paper medicine cups, PFAS and the SUP Directive
Why paper cups have a lining, which EU rules apply and what to ask your supplier.
Read the article - Healthcare
Reduce first, then replace
How to use fewer medicine cups on the ward, and what to do with the cups that remain.
Read the article - Market
How many medicine cups does Dutch healthcare use?
Our bottom-up estimate, sector by sector, with the uncertainty included.
See the market analysis - Sources
Science and sources
Everything we claim in one place, with the source, the caveats and the status.
All sources - Technology
From side stream to cup
How we grow bacterial cellulose, what the material can do and why scaling up is the hardest part.
About the technology - Healthcare
How does a pilot work?
Four steps from first meeting to evaluation, on your own ward.
How a pilot works