Overwhelmed by trash, jurisdictions around the world are banning single-use plastic takeaway containers and cups. Europe says plastic beverage cups have to go by 2021. India wants them out by 2022.

"Health issues related to microplastics and PFAS will not disappear on their own, and the health burden will only be ...

Experts explain how bad single-use paper and plastic coffee cups are, and how to order your drinks more responsibly. By Leigh Weingus 08/10/2021 05:00am BST Peter Dazeley via Getty Images ...

Then, they toss the plastic K-Cup into the trash or recycling bin. Over the course of a year, that adds up to more than 30 billion discarded plastic capsules. That’s about to change.

Single-use plastic coffee cups to be completely banned in an Australian state: Here's what you need to know about the new rules WA will ban plastic cups on March 1, 2024 By ASHLEY NICKEL Published ...

In 2018, councillors voted to remove plastic bags from the program after it was decided they were too difficult to recycle. The city is in the final stages of negotiations with an unnamed company ...

Some of them have been tossing coffee cup lids in their own blue boxes. "I know I was still putting the coffee cup lids and black plastic from restaurants into the recycling," said Tom Jackson ...

In 2017, 1.7 million single-use coffee cups, 2.3 million pieces of plastic cutlery and 690,000 plastic bags were given out on the UBC Vancouver campus alone. Many single-use items are often not ...

The latest bans come just in time for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, which has spurred scores of volunteers to remove plastic coffee cups from parks and waterways since 1990. During the 2023 ...

In March, Keurig announced it was working on plastic-free coffee rounds that would do away with the need for K-Cups altogether, but for now, there’s a third option: aluminum coffee pods.