About 2.5 billion paper cups are used in the U.K. every year. Less than 1 in 400 are recycled, according to the environmental audit committee of the House of Commons.

An estimated 60 billion paper cups in the U.S. end up in landfills every year because they can't be recycled easily. That includes cups sold by all major coffee chains.

GaeaStar’s 3D-printed disposable clay cups are available in the US for the first time today, but only at Verve Coffee shops in San Francisco. Skip to main content. SECURITY.