club coffee worked in partnership with the university of guelph, guelph, ontario, to create a pod made entirely from biobased materials, including the most innovative component of the package, the ring of the pod, which is made from coffee chaff&mdashthe skin of the coffee bean that comes off during the roasting process.  the other two components of the pod are the mesh that holds the coffee, made from a nonwoven polylactic acid material, and the lid, constructed of a composite of paper and pla.     
