Most coffee cups–around 99.75%, by one U.K. estimate–end up in the trash. Now one design company is making some of them into new reusable coffee mugs. “We’ve only got finite amount of resources on the ...

SEATTLE (CNN) -- After years of trying to engineer a more environmentally friendly coffee cup, Starbucks is turning to you for ideas. And it's willing to pay. The company announced Tuesday that it's ...

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Have you ever stood in front of the trash can with your Starbucks cup and wondered whether to toss it in the garbage or in the recycling bin? You’re not alone. Until recently, the right answer has ...

Efforts to collect and sort paper coffee cups for recycling could boost an already high paper recycling rate in the U.S. Florida-based J&J Green Paper is among the companies offering products designed ...

England-based James Cropper Paper Manufacturing received its first bales of used coffee cups from a pioneering pilot scheme in collaboration with Forge Waste & Recycling, Leeds, England, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Esha writes about building better, more regenerative businesses. UK-based Frugalpac has a solution for a global bad habit: tossing ...

Australia is used to them on cigarette packets; now there is a call for graphic warnings — both text and images — to be plastered on takeaway coffee cups. But rather than a health warning, the ...