Over the years, we have seen more and more people growing conscious about the environment around. To reduce pollution and carbon footprints, people have replaced plastic with environment-friendly ...

Dublin, June 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Disposable Cups - Global Strategic Business Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for Disposable Cups was ...

(AP) — For a generation and more, Starbucks' throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally. It has also carried a message: I am drinking ...

On a recent morning, Chelsie Nalley’s go-to Starbucks in Chattanooga, Tenn., left her high and dry. The store had plenty of coffee, she said, but none of her favorite 24-ounce cups. Ms. Nalley called ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg say replacing single-use plastic cups with paper ones may raise environmental and health problems. Many companies have switched to using disposable paper ...

We’ve all done it. You’re in line at a coffee shop but forgot your travel mug at the office. You wait to order, trying to decide between buying a new $40 reusable mug at the counter or walking out ...

Disposable cups made of plastic, Styrofoam (polystyrene), or those lined with a thin plastic coating can pose health risks when used regularly. When hot liquids are poured into these cups, harmful ...

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 ...

For more than 10 years, steps have been taken in North America to move post- consumer paper cups into residential and commercial recycling streams. The pace of change has picked up significantly in ...

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 ...

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain ...

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom are debating a new tax on disposable cups in an effort to cut down on waste. While the so-called "latte levy" is controversial, the goal is to replicate the success of ...