Concerns about the environmental and health effects of plastic packaging have prompted a shift to paper, wood and other ...

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.

I’m hosting a fundraising event at my home next week. I was going to buy the red cups that I always buy and recycle them. But ...

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Starbucks has promoted non-dairy milk and eliminated plastic straws in efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, and now the company is eyeing another way to make its operations greener. The coffee ...

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals. Replacing single ...

(AP) — For a generation and more, Starbucks' throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally. It has also carried a message: I am drinking ...