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 ...

Most disposable coffee cups contain a thin plastic coating that can shed microplastic particles when exposed to hot drinks, posing hidden health risks including inflammation and hormonal disruption.

Despite being marketed as the “safer” option, paper cups are far from harmless. Microplastics have become so widespread that they’re now found everywhere - from breast milk to reproductive tissue - ...

Your daily coffee habit might be exposing you to microplastics. Nutritionist Khushi Chhabra reveals that the plastic lining in paper cups releases these tiny particles when heated. Consuming these can ...

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 ...

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Caroline Wood recently undertook a placement at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, researching a briefing paper on policies to reduce plastic waste from food packaging. As part of ...