Plastic. A reusable coffee mug might be ideal for travel, but unlike ceramic and glass, plastic absorbs odours over time which can become noticeable when having tea or other drinks.

A Keurig spokesperson said the company sold 10.5 billion K-Cups for the fiscal year ending in September 2015, which is the last year public data was available, the Chicago Tribune notes. Keurig ...

Trillions of plastic nanoparticles leach out of the lining of paper coffee cups, and into the coffee people drink every day, according to new research. Photo by Yuri_B/ Pixabay ...

RT threesquaresinc: bluebottleroast is aiming to go #zerowaste in 2020. Under the popular #coffee chain’s new pilot program to eliminate single-use cups, customers will either bring their own ...

Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.

The plastic-free pods are only compatible with a specific coffee machine called the Keurig Alta, which was also announced on March 13. Each of the different sized pods will have a unique code that ...

A new study has explored the ways everyday products can facilitate the migration of plastic particles into the body, including single-use coffee cups, which were shown to release trillions of ...

The U.S. accounts for about 120 billion paper, plastic and foam coffee cups each year, or about one-fifth of the global total. Almost every last one of them -- 99.75 percent ...

There are currently only a small number of specialist plants in the UK able to process the disposable used cups, and as a result, the vast majority of them (more than 99.75%) don't get recycled.

Starbucks has offered a discount for customers in the UK using their own mugs since it opened in 1998, and says about 1.8% of all hot drinks sold are in reusable cups. The coffee shop chain is ...