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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 ...

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 ...

This week, the NextGen Consortium — an industry collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners aimed at eliminating single-use foodservice packaging waste by advancing the design, commercialization and ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Paper, plastic, with straws or without, Starbucks’ cups inspire a lot of passion in the coffee shop’s customers. The commonly seen cups have been the subject of hundreds, if ...

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 ...

On Thursday, Chobani announced that its single-serve Oat Blend yogurts will be shedding their plastic packaging in favor of paper cups as part of the brand's efforts to be more sustainable. The ...