In the UK, we throw away an estimated 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups ... has a patent for his cup - made of recycled materials, with an only very lightly attached plastic lining (representing ...

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 ...

When it comes to recycling paper cups the big coffee chains have made a lot of noise about their recycling schemes - but what happens to the plastic cups they use for iced drinks such as smoothies ...

growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups holding Frappuccinos, cold brews and other iced drinks. The coffee giant wants to reduce its waste with new disposable cups that contain ...