A 2016 study found that the US uses up to 50 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Whether they're made of paper, plastic or even a compostable material, most of those will end up in landfills.

Disposable Coffee Cups: Addressing Pointless Waste and Sustainability. Back in early 2016, British TV chef and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall continued his ‘War on Waste’ series by ...

Many coffee shops will collect them for recycling—but having to drop paper cups off takes the convenience out of a single-use product. Today, only four out of every 100 paper cups are recycled ...

GaeaStar’s 3D-printed disposable clay cups are available in the US for the first time today, but only at Verve Coffee shops in San Francisco.

Starbucks fall menu returns 00:31 (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 ...

When compared to traditional filter coffee, using K-cups or other coffee pods (280 ml on average) saves between 11 and 13 grams of coffee. From the agricultural production of the coffee beans down ...

Disposable coffee cups cost them at least 15 cent each. Compostable cups can cost 25 cent or more. Vytal’s reusable cups will only ever cost coffee shops 15 cent.

An estimated 369.65 million disposable cups were used to serve drinks by nine major coffee chains in Japan in 2020 alone, highlighting limited progress in promoting reusable cups and cutting waste, ...