Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...

Select Starbucks locations in 14 states have stopped using plastic cold drink cups, switching to compostable fiber-based alternatives. The change is due to local regulations and Starbucks ...

Architects Louise Harpman and Scott Specht both began collecting plastic coffee cup lids in the 1980s, but only became aware of each other’s interest in the subject when they met as grad students at ...

Cup-compatible pod that preserves the product’s freshness and flavor while keeping spent pods out of the landfill.

Marella Cruises and hotel logistics services partner Apollo Group are trialing a reusable coffee cup onboard the Marella ...

Takeaway coffee cups have a plastic film inside to prevent liquid from escaping (even those that claim to be biodegradable). They’re then packaged with cardboard to make them easier to hold. This ...

About 99% of paper, plastic, and foam coffee cups end up in the trash, and once they're in the trash, even paper cups can take over 20 years to decompose. So by recycling one waste stream ...

Examples are things like straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bags, fizzy drink and water bottles and most food packaging. When it comes to recycling paper cups the big coffee chains have made a lot ...

Their brief? To create new forms of food packaging to replace the unsustainable designs upon which modern life seems to depend: single-use plastic beverage cups, lids, straws, and bottles.