Veronica was initially baffled by the warning printed on the bottom of the cup but one expert had strong words for her on what it likely means.

The prototype was developed into the second version, designed by Mark Weislogel and his team at Portland State University. The cup is made out of 3D-printed food-grade plastic and has been ...

The holidays officially begin this week — at least at Starbucks — when the coffee chain rolls out its annual seasonal cups.

The Monogram Shop in East Hampton and Cieslak's Modern Bakery in Lindenhurst are selling branded items as a means to gauge the presidential election.

The beloved coffee chain has officially unveiled its new holiday cup mere days after it revealed that it would be adding a ...

Examples are things like straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bags, fizzy drink and water bottles and most food packaging. When it comes to recycling paper cups the big coffee chains have made a lot ...

So she put in the effort to make 3D-printed plastic look like distressed metal and showed us how she did it. (Video also embedded after the break.) This video is a follow-up to her Pet Eye project ...

But when you look at the small print it says the company uses a bio-plastic to seal the bags ... media - with bags falling apart in people's cups. It was keen to stress that the new bags ...

And these are just the bits of it we can see. Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up ...

If you want to make serious assemblies out of 3D printed parts ... insert method where a brass insert is pushed into the plastic while hot. Special features in the insert cause the brass part ...

It's gradually becoming common knowledge that it's not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought. It's the mixture of paper and plastic in their inner lining ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...