McDonald’s has redesigned the packaging for its McFlurry by ditching the plastic top for a four-flap cup that will be used to serve the dessert item, as well as a new fun-size Mini McFlurry.

In the UK, we throw away an estimated 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. In theory, they are "recyclable", but in practice, only a tiny percentage is dealt with sustainably.

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.

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Materials were expensive, cups were valuable, and to throw something away after only one use was the road to poverty and ruin. So how did disposable products ever become a thing? The answer is ...

The survey also found that about 80 per cent of respondents bought takeaway food that came with disposable utensils about three times a week on average, which usually meant the use of one cup and ...

The one- or two-mug drip models are based on 10 oz. of water. The Capresso 5-Cup Mini Drip is part of the Coffee Makers test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Drip Coffee Makers ...

Disposable income is an often-misunderstood term. It suggests we have "disposable" money that we really don't care about. But the truth is, most of us care about every penny of it, and many of us ...