If you walk into a Starbucks in Napa, California, this week, you won’t get your coffee in a paper cup. The store is one of twelve in Napa and the nearby city of Petaluma to begin testing a new ...

A popular item is back on the menu at Starbucks: color-changing reusable cups. The world's largest coffee chain is creating buzz by rolling out jewel-tone and confetti-flecked plastic cups that ...

If you visit a McDonald’s in the U.K. early next year, you might notice a new option if you get a hot drink like coffee or hot chocolate: Instead of a typical disposable cup, you’ll have the choice to ...

Starbucks wants to eliminate single-use plastic by 2030 and is already testing ways to do it. One location has a cup-washing station that allows users to clean out reusable cups between uses.

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and ...