Most coffee cups–around 99.75%, by one U.K. estimate–end up in the trash. Now one design company is making some of them into new reusable coffee mugs. “We’ve only got finite amount of resources on the ...

I’m lost in a recycling conundrum. Our waste hauler tells us they can recycle milk and juice cartons, but not coffee cups. But according to my research, cartons have up to three layers (paper, ...

What if, instead of being carted off to landfill, paper coffee cups could be recycled up to seven times, much like regular cardboard? According a UK-based inventor a small difference in how these cups ...

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 ...

SEATTLE (CNN) -- After years of trying to engineer a more environmentally friendly coffee cup, Starbucks is turning to you for ideas. And it's willing to pay. The company announced Tuesday that it's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Esha writes about building better, more regenerative businesses. UK-based Frugalpac has a solution for a global bad habit: tossing ...

Love coffee but care about the environment? Then you may have a dilemma. An estimated 60 billion paper cups in the U.S. end up in landfills every year because they can’t be recycled easily. That ...

(Updated at 9:50 a.m.) The following may ruin an important part of your holiday experience by revealing that a long-held belief held by many is, in fact, fiction. But here’s the truth: the festive red ...