"Researchers have found that tiny bits of plastic called microplastics in hot drinks like coffee and tea — these tiny plastics come from disposable cups and get into our bodies when we drink," Dr. Ash ...

"More educational efforts are needed." Scientists raise concerns over dangerous threat lurking in disposable coffee cups: ...

I buy many cups of coffee and habitually cringe when reaching for a plastic lid. It’s pretty hypocritical to make a point of avoiding Styrofoam, only to slap a petroleum disc on a paper cup.

Designer Peter Herman has created a concept for the all-paper disposable cup, made for coffee but perfectly viable for other liquids, that is set to blow the lid off of the industry – literally.

That’s what inspired a Seattle-based company called Vaporpath to finally redesign the disposable plastic lid and address many of the shortcomings of what we’re forced to use now.

The disposable coffee cup lid falls squarely in the category of random, everyday objects that you might assume are overlooked, but are actually quite the opposite.

America’s latest shortage is of disposable cups, a potential energy crisis for an up-and-at-’em nation accustomed to caffeine on the go. "They’re always out," said Ms. Nalley, 29 years old.

History. There have been at least 40 different, individually-patented drink-through plastic cup lids created since 1934. The styrene plastic hot beverage lid for Styrofoam and cardboard containers ...

Single-use take-away cups of paper are as toxic to aquatic midge larvae as plastic cups. Environmental Pollution, 2023; 330: 121836 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121836 ...

Disposable Cups Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Product (Paper, Plastic, Foam), By End-use (Commercial, Institutional, Household), By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2021 - 2028New ...