If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new campaign draws attention to the fact that Starbucks cups are not truly recyclable due to a coating of polyethylene plastic on the inside ...

Disposable coffee cups are a nightmare for the environment: Most end up in landfill sites, and putting them in the paper recycling bin makes matters worse because they can't be easily processed.

Starbucks sells 4 billion paper cups annually, and most of them are never recycled. "Recycling seems like a simple, straightforward initiative — but it’s actually quite challenging," the ...

Forget plastic straws. Starbucks has a cup problem How to solve the world’s plastics problem: Bring back the milk man Coca-Cola promised to help fix recycling. Here’s how it plans to deliver ...

This cup monster is part of an effort from an environmental group to pressure Starbucks to use fully recyclable cups. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) As Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson took the stage ...