A growing number of coffee houses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies. What started as a small trend among San ...

Is any item more symbolic of our modern, disposable culture than the single-use coffee cup? In March 2016, they were vilified in celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s “War on Waste” campaign, ...

BOSTON (CBS) - There is a big change coming for Dunkin' coffee drinkers. If those foam cups haven't already disappeared from your corner coffee shop they are about to. They've already been replaced ...

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.

A Starbucks coffee drink sits in an open microwave. - vatathara/Shutterstock Let's set the scene: You go to get coffee with a friend in the morning but then have to rush home to work. You realize you ...

When it comes to recycling, most folks know to sort their plastic and paper, thanks to the blue and green plastic sorting bins given out by their municipal departments. But beyond the basics of ...

Britain gets through a staggeringly large number of disposable coffee cups every year. It's been estimated around 2.5 billion of these cups are disposed of every year in the UK – with just 0.25% of ...

Hot coffee in disposable cups can release microplastics and harmful chemicals into your drink These chemicals may disrupt hormones, irritate the gut and harm long-term health Switching to stainless ...