While K-Cups are convenient to use, the single-serving coffee pods aren’t as easy on the environment. Researchers and environmental activists are alarmed about the impacts of packaging for K-Cups as ...

The new cups will debut at select US and Canada locations this year, with the full rollout expected to be complete by spring 2025. In addition to using less plastic for the cups themselves ...

Disposable plastic cups are incredibly convenient to use when you're on the go or hosting a large event, but this convenience ...

Photo: Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle (AP) In recent years, drink chains have switched their single-use cups from plastic to paper to avoid plastic pollution and pile-ups in landfills.

As single-use plastic piles up in landfills and pollutes oceans, event spaces are turning to food packaging that can be washed and reused hundreds of times.

A CBS News investigation tracked plastic cups from Starbucks recycling bins to landfills and incinerators across the country.

At this point, most people know that microplastics are everywhere. Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to ...

Plastic pollution is piling up. Despite efforts to rein it in, only 9% of it is actually recycled.

Starbucks is rolling out redesigned plastic cups to its US and Canada locations this month.

The new cups will debut at select US and Canada locations this year, with the full rollout expected to be complete by spring 2025. In addition to using less plastic for the cups themselves ...

The redesign is the company’s latest effort to reduce the environmental impacts from its cups, which have been criticized for piling up waste.

The chain announced that the plastic cups for all sizes of its cold drinks have undergone an environmentally friendly redesign that uses up to 20% less plastic compared to the current version.