“Only less than 2 per cent of single use plastic coffee cups are recycled worldwide,” says Rossau. The pilot did not only require building machines, deciding where to place them and creating ...

Takeaway coffee cups have a plastic film inside to prevent liquid from escaping (even those that claim to be biodegradable). They’re then packaged with cardboard to make them easier to hold. This ...

Image caption, Pixie Lott investigates what happens to single-use plastic coffee cups. According to World Coffee Portal, in the UK we spend a whopping £395m a year on iced drinks. An estimated 6 ...