Back in early 2016, British TV chef and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall continued his ‘War on Waste’ series by looking at how difficult it is to recycle disposable coffee cups, despite many ...

Students visited the Re-Mug Wall, a shelf of colorful ceramic mugs, in Allison dining hall during the Oct. 8 launch event for a sustainable solution to paper cup waste. The new Re-Mug program provides ...

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.

Starbucks has a love-hate relationship with its cups. The company's white - or sometimes holiday-themed - logo-emblazoned paper cups for hot drinks, and clear plastic cups for cold drinks are ...

The company’s Savannah River mill in Rincon, Georgia, now accepts polycoated paper cups in its mixed paper feedstock for recycling. Georgia-Pacific's Savannah River paper mill in Rincon, Georgia, now ...