In a five-hour span, 45,000 cups were collected. Paul Henderson, Metro Vancouver's manager for solid waste, says that paper cup usage around Vancouver needs to be reduced.

A recent article in the Toronto Star told Torontonians to stop recycling their paper coffee cups. City of Peterborough Waste Management officials want residents here to know they can still recycle ...

Island Waste Management is reminding Islanders that paper cups can be composted in P.E.I.'s system. The refresher about the cups is in response to some recent discussion on social media, according ...

Coffee company takes on paper cup dilemma Each year, about 600 billion paper and plastic cups are distributed around the world, according to the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) 2007.

“We are pleased to start accepting paper coffee cups for recycling in the Blue Cart program and at community recycling depots,” said Waste & Recycling Services, Leader of Program Management, Sharon ...

Drinking coffee from paper cups is not only harmful to our environment, but potentially harmful to our mental state, as well. See how you can make positive changes in both areas.

The City of Calgary announced Tuesday disposable paper coffee cups will now be accepted in blue cart recycling bins. “Residents have been asking us about coffee cup recycling for some time ...

Frugal Cups coffee cups Frugalpac In the U.K. alone, around 2.5 billion coffee cups are used and thrown away every single year. As of 2017, less than one in 400, or 0.25%, are getting recycled.

Paper coffee cups are coated with a plastic liner that, if the system isn't set up for them, gum up the recycling process, slowing things down and possibly reducing the quality of the recycled paper.

There are currently three UK paper mills that can deal with cups – James Cropper, ACE UK and DS Smith – that have the combined capacity to recycling more than 4.5 billion takeaway cups.