The numbers are staggering. According to one report, the world uses 500 billion plastic cups every year. It's estimated that 50 billion paper coffee cups are thrown away in the United States alone.

Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, has announced that it is accepting mixed paper bales that contain single-use polyethylene- (PE-) coated paper cups at its recycled paper mills in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and ...

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 ...

A widespread reusable cup pilot program in one California city shows more environmental benefit than single-use plastic alternatives. Now organizers need to figure out how to make effort more ...