Disposable coffee cups are already known to be an environmental scourge, due to their thin plastic lining making them extremely difficult to recycle. Now a new study has revealed that the hot beverage ...

In a report released on Friday, the Environmental Audit Committee has set out a strategy for the UK to deal with the waste resulting from the British public’s love of takeaway coffee. Awareness has ...

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals. Replacing single ...

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Supposedly eco-friendly paper cups may be just as toxic to the environment and human body as plastic ones, a study suggests. Scientists in Sweden found the thin-film of plastic coated onto the ...

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.

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 ...

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