NEW YORK -- Starbucks is expanding the ways its staff can fill customers' personal cups as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the massive amount of waste the coffee chain produces from its iconic ...

The Bold Reuse cups are more durable than their disposable counterparts, allowing Spectrum Stadium to collect and wash them for future uses. What does it cost to watch a basketball game — not in terms ...

But whether refilling actually makes a difference depends on how these systems are used and what they replace. Scores of ...

Reusable souvenir cups have returned to Summerfest. The cup will sell for $5, and patrons will also receive $1 off refills of draft beer. The festival has partnered with Waste Management to increase ...

At the Olympic Games, concession stands serve drinks in reusable plastic "eco-cups" that can be returned for a 2€ deposit. Some eventgoers return them. Some throw ...

A mix of single-use and reusable cups sit on a table. Central Ohio Reuse Coalition is hoping to launch a program where participating coffee shops lend out reusable cups like a library. The hope is to ...

Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served ...

A reusable cup project is returning to Petaluma this August as major brands and local restaurants plan to swap single-use cups for reusable, to-go cups at no added cost. The Petaluma Reusable Cup ...

People living and traveling through one northern California city are about to become guinea pigs for a project designed to reduce waste. The Reusable Cup Project is an initiative funded by the NextGen ...

Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and eateries in Petaluma, California, will begin providing beverages in reusable cups by default as part of a ...

Downtown Petaluma is already decked out for the holidays. But something is missing: 60 strategically placed purple bins placed as part of a plan to reduce disposable cup waste. "Those purple bins all ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — While the music is blasting and drinks are pouring, waste can really pile up at concerts and festivals. Typically, you see trash bins or blue recycle bins to dump used cups and plates.