Is the end of the disposable coffee cup in sight?

Morning commuters and roasted coffee lovers beware: 16bn paper cups are used for coffee every year, which leads to the cut of 6.5m trees, 15bn litres of wasted water, and the waste of enough energy to power 54,000 homes for a year.

The production of single-use packaging materials (paper-based or other materials) involves high energy consumption, depletes natural resources, and re...