Ball Corporation, the namesake of the arena in Denver, is selling a business it launched in 2019 to make aluminum cups. The Broomfield-based company is selling the cup business to consultancy Ayna ...

This Runner Was Bothered by Blizzard of Disposable Cups at Races. She Invented Something Better Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to ...

As she was getting her business off the ground, Smithe emailed race directors to ask if their event used disposable cups. “The answer was always yes,” she said. Her response: “If you’re ...

Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated, when she started to think about how much waste such events produce. On the ...

Billions of disposable cups are used around the world each year. These cups are often made of plastic, but even if they are made of paper, they typically have a plastic lining that makes it ...