COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Paper, plastic, with straws or without, Starbucks’ cups inspire a lot of passion in the coffee shop’s customers. The commonly seen cups have been the subject of hundreds, if ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Dunkin’ Donuts is making the move to paper coffee cups to protect the environment. The styrofoam version will still be available at a few locations until supplies run out.

The growing backlash against plastic waste has a new target: paper coffee cups. Paper cups sourced from sustainable forests have for years been hailed as a more environmentally friendly option than ...

The world goes through hundreds of billions of single-use coffee cups every year—and most aren’t recycled. So major coffee chains’ switch to paper cups is a good step, right? Not quite. A recently ...

Most disposable coffee cups contain a thin plastic coating that can shed microplastic particles when exposed to hot drinks, posing hidden health risks including inflammation and hormonal disruption.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Massive stacks of recycled trash inside Alpine Waste and Recycling towered behind Denver City Councilwoman Kendra Black as she posed a question nearly every ...

Efforts to collect and sort paper coffee cups for recycling could boost an already high paper recycling rate in the U.S. Florida-based J&J Green Paper is among the companies offering products designed ...

Paper cups might be disguised as safe, but even these are contaminated with microplastics. Nutritionist Khushi explains the dangers and suggests alternatives. Despite being marketed as the “safer” ...