Teddy has collected the plastic confectionery tubs because he wants to help save the planet. The arena said the charge was needed to pay for transporting the cups to a special washing facility.

“$2.71?!” When the content creator unveils the small sundae-sized scoop of vanilla ice cream pup cup in the plastic cup, she slightly amends, “Granted, this is a good amount of ice ...

A plastic cup is no good if certain liquids can dissolve it, after all. In this case, the team found that applying hydrophobic coatings prevented any early breaking down of the material.

“If I had it my way, we wouldn’t even have plastic cups. It’s doable,” said Thomas. Others, like Chris Maul and Terri Rolfe, also expressed concern about the environmental impact of plastic.

Everything gets thrown into the rivers here. From discarded tea leaves and plastic cups right up to industrial pollution. If the person throwing something into the water can’t see it anymore, then for ...

If you’ve ever ordered an iced drink at Starbucks, chances are you received it in a plastic cup with little black lines along the side. The barista may even have written your name on one of ...

After betting big on recyclable aluminum cups, aluminum manufacturing behemoth Ball Corp. sold most of the business to another company. Broomfield-based Ball Corp. formed a joint venture ...

The company notes that each 16-ounce cup contains 13 grams of aluminum and weighs the same as a typical 16-ounce plastic cup. Lumi has relationships with a number of mills that supply it aluminum, but ...