"More educational efforts are needed." Scientists raise concerns over dangerous threat lurking in disposable coffee cups: ...

An estimated 600 billion coffee cups are thrown out every year. That’s 600 billion plastic lids and 600 billion pieces of paper coated in plastic insulation, none of which can be recycled. Award ...

Currently, three such plants in the UK accept coffee cups: combined, these have the capacity to recycle more than 4.5 billion cups each year – well above the estimated 2.5 billion the UK ...

Paper cups sourced from sustainable forests have for years been hailed as a more environmentally friendly option than plastic foam. But paper cups are attracting new scrutiny.