Cleantech · Circular packaging

Packaging the future with agricultural waste

Stover turns crop residue into high-quality paper mailers, carry bags and boxes — sustainable packaging that meets business needs, powers a circular economy, and costs less than traditional materials.

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trees harvested
≤ parity
vs virgin paper
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recyclable & compostable
Golden crop field at sunset — the agricultural residue Stover turns into packaging
Finished kraft paper packaging box made from agri-fibre

From field to doorstep

Crop residue → premium fibre packaging

Built for environmentally conscious businesses

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Wide agricultural field of crops at golden hour

1.4B+ t

of crop residue is produced every year — most of it burned or dumped.

The opportunity

The world’s biggest packaging problem is growing in a field right now.

Every harvest leaves behind mountains of stalks and husks. Every order you ship burns through virgin paper and plastic. Stover connects the two: we convert that agricultural waste into high-quality paper packaging, so waste becomes supply and shipping becomes circular.

  • Reduce waste — divert crop residue from burning and landfill.
  • Lower cost — priced at parity to slightly below virgin materials.
  • Meet CSR goals — reportable, verifiable sustainability impact.
The product line

One fibre. Every format your brand ships.

Recurring bulk packaging made from agricultural waste — priced to beat virgin paper.

Our flagship

E-commerce Mailers

Burst-tested, print-ready padded mailers for last-mile shipping. The fastest-growing, highest-margin fibre segment — and our core focus.

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Retail-ready

Carry Bags

Sturdy, foldable agri-fibre carry bags with reinforced handles — a premium unboxing your in-store and pickup customers keep.

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Bulk & custom

Shipping Boxes

Right-sized corrugated boxes in agri-waste fibre. Curbside recyclable, home-compostable, and priced for recurring bulk orders.

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Why Stover

Sustainability that pays for itself

The rare switch where doing right by the planet also does right by your P&L.

Cost parity, not a green premium

Agri-waste is a low-cost by-product, so we price at parity to slightly below virgin paper. Sustainability that helps your margin.

A true circular economy

We turn residue that would be burned or dumped into packaging — then it recycles and composts back into the soil. Nothing wasted.

Built for the e-commerce mailer

We own the fastest-growing fibre niche end-to-end, so your mailers arrive strong, on-brand and on time, every cycle.

Recurring bulk, made simple

A predictable monthly plan for carry bags, mailers and boxes. Set your cadence once and let fulfilment run itself.

Hits your CSR & ESG goals

Verified diversion of agricultural waste and lower embodied carbon — reporting-ready proof for your sustainability targets.

No trees harvested

Every Stover order keeps virgin timber standing by sourcing fibre from crops that were already grown for food.

Competitive positioning

Where Stover wins

Mycelium, fibre and design-led players each leave a gap. We built our core around them.

Capability StoverZerocircleEcovativenoissue
Cost at parity with virgin paper
Purpose-built for e-commerce mailers
Scales to recurring bulk B2B volume
Curbside recyclable & home-compostable
Made from diverted agricultural waste
Owns the fibre supply chain end-to-end

Comparison reflects Stover’s product focus versus commonly cited positioning of Zerocircle, Ecovative and noissue. Illustrative.

How it works

From harvested field to your customer’s doorstep

01

Rescue the residue

We collect crop stover — the stalks, leaves and husks left after harvest — from partner farms, paying growers for what they'd otherwise burn.

02

Pulp into premium fibre

Low-energy processing turns that residue into strong, food-safe paper pulp — no virgin trees, far less water and carbon than timber pulp.

03

Form your packaging

We press and print mailers, carry bags and boxes to spec, matched to your brand and sized to cut void fill and shipping weight.

04

Ship on a recurring plan

Your bulk order lands on a predictable cadence. Reorder in a click as you scale — production and fulfilment stay on autopilot.

Fulfilment warehouse aisle lined with packaged goods ready to ship

Recurring bulk, fulfilment on autopilot

Predictable monthly volumes of mailers, carry bags and boxes — produced, printed and shipped on your cadence.

Who it’s for

Made for businesses that care how they ship

Customer shopping online with a laptop and payment card

E-commerce & DTC brands

Own the unboxing with recyclable mailers and right-sized boxes that protect products, cut dimensional weight and turn every delivery into a brand moment.

Print-ready mailers Lower shipping weight On-brand unboxing
Bright grocery retail aisle stocked with products

Retailers & marketplaces

Swap plastic and virgin paper for agri-fibre carry bags and boxes across every store — a visible, reportable step toward your ESG commitments.

Reinforced carry bags Bulk store rollout ESG reporting ready
The trajectory

A recurring-revenue engine, growing account by account

Stover grows through recurring B2B accounts — bulk buyers of carry bags, mailers and boxes on a monthly plan, priced at parity-to-slightly-below virgin paper thanks to our agri-waste cost advantage.

40

recurring B2B accounts at launch

$3K

average monthly revenue per account

650

target accounts by Year 3

16×

projected account growth

Social proof

Loved by teams switching to circular packaging

Sample testimonials shown for illustration.

We switched our entire mailer program to Stover and cut packaging spend by 11% while finally hitting our carbon reduction target. The unboxing looks premium, too.
Business operations lead smiling at a laptop in a plant-filled office

Amara Okonkwo

Head of Operations, Nova Commerce

The parity pricing is what sold our CFO; the agri-waste story is what sold our customers. Recurring bulk ordering means we never think about packaging anymore.
Business team collaborating around a meeting table

Daniel Reyes

Sustainability Director, Verdant Retail

Plans

Simple recurring pricing

Every plan is a monthly bulk supply of agri-fibre packaging. Volume pricing improves as you grow.

Pilot

$3K/mo

Perfect for a first recurring account testing the mailer niche.

  • Up to 25,000 units / month
  • Mailers + boxes
  • 1-colour brand print
  • Physical sample kit
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Most popular

Growth

$8K/mo

Our most popular plan for scaling e-commerce & retail brands.

  • Up to 100,000 units / month
  • Mailers, carry bags & boxes
  • Full-colour custom print
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Quarterly ESG diversion report
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Enterprise

Custom

Multi-site rollout with volume pricing and supply guarantees.

  • Unlimited volume
  • Priority production slots
  • Custom sizing & tooling
  • SLA + supply guarantee
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FAQ

Questions, answered

Stover packaging is made from agricultural residue — the leaves, stalks and husks (“stover”) left in fields after harvest. We pulp this fibre into high-quality paper for mailers, carry bags and boxes, diverting waste from burning or landfill and keeping virgin trees standing.

Because our feedstock is a low-cost by-product rather than harvested timber, we price at parity to slightly below virgin-paper packaging. Most brands see a lower blended cost once you factor in recurring bulk pricing — no green premium required.

Yes. Our e-commerce mailers are burst- and tear-tested for last-mile shipping, take full-colour and single-colour print beautifully, and are curbside recyclable and home-compostable. This is our core focus — the fastest-growing, highest-margin fibre segment.

Mycelium and seaweed players solve niche use-cases but struggle with cost and scale for everyday shipping. Design-led marketplaces focus on branding, not the material. Stover owns the agri-waste fibre supply chain end-to-end, so we deliver mailer-grade paper at true cost parity and recurring bulk volume.

Accounts are recurring bulk buyers on a monthly plan — think carry bags, mailers and boxes shipped on a predictable cadence. A typical account runs around $3K/month, with pricing that improves as your volume grows.

Join the waitlist with your monthly volume and we’ll send a physical sample kit plus a tailored quote. Once you’re happy, you can activate a recurring plan and we handle production, print and fulfilment.

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Ship your next order in packaging grown from waste

Reserve an early B2B account and we’ll send a physical sample kit and a quote at parity to your current spend. No commitment, no green premium.

  • Free physical sample kit
  • Tailored parity quote
  • Priority production for early accounts

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