In recent years, drink chains have switched their single-use cups from plastic to paper to avoid plastic pollution and pile-ups in landfills. But according to recent research, the plastic cup that we ...

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Researchers at the University of Gothenburg say replacing single-use plastic cups with paper ones may raise environmental and health problems. Many companies have switched to using disposable paper ...

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The Seattle-based coffee company announced this week that about 580 of its stores had begun replacing its cold drinks cups — typically made out of polypropylene, a type of rigid plastic — with paper ...