Objective: Paper cups are mostly used for consuming beverages. These cups have an interior laminated hydrophobic thin film coated with polyethene and copolymers. During association with hot water or ...

Kristina Smithe’s company, Hiccup Earth, has taken the cups to 137 races and spared more than 902,000 disposable ones from hitting a landfill.

Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can ...

A cafe has sparked outrage after its owners announced it would only serve coffee in disposable cups. Surfing Lizard Cafe, which operates in Coogee and Secret Harbour in Western Australia announced ...

“We believe that, in time, society will view disposable cups much like we now view plastic bags: a dirty habit we were right to leave behind,” says Voice. [ ‘Latte levy‘ will halt dumping ...

Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated, when she started to think about how much waste such events produce. On the ...

Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can ...

This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better The reusable cups is just one of many ways that innovators are looking to cut down on waste. Such ...

Hiccup Earth has 70,000 cups it rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.

This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about ...