The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.

I buy many cups of coffee and habitually cringe when reaching for a plastic lid. It’s pretty hypocritical to make a point of avoiding Styrofoam, only to slap a petroleum disc on a paper cup. (And yes, ...

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals. Replacing single ...

McDonald's customers think they have an ingenious way to avoid the new "mushy" paper straws, but ironically, it involves more plastic MCDONALD’S customers think they have come up with an ingenious way ...

A takeaway coffee cup might seem harmless – but it could release thousands of plastic particles into your drink ...