Ved Krishna is Vice-Chairman, Yash Pakka Ltd. Paper cups are extensively used as an alternative to plastic cups, as the former are affordable, recyclable and can be broken down faster than plastic ...

Paper cups contain a plastic lining that releases microplastics when exposed to hot beverages Drinking three cups daily from paper cups can lead to consuming 75,000+ microplastic particles ...

Plastic may not be all that bad and paper may not be as good as we think it is, generally speaking. Because of the reduced use of plastic, many manufacturers have closed down and moved on to new ...

BENGALURU: Environmentalists are of the opinion that cutlery made from paper is not sustainable as they have a wax coating or a fused plastic lining inside. Sandeep Anirudhan, an environmentalist ...

Restaurants that are worried about food spilling are encouraged to buy paper bags with an inner plastic lining, Raether said. Oliver Morrison / 90.5 WESA .

[Photo: Kind] Swapping plastic for paper isn’t so easy, though. For starters, plastic is highly durable against puncturing and creates a strong seal against the environment.

Climate Solutions Why glass, paper and other options aren’t the simple alternative to plastic that they seem to be. Finding a good alternative to plastic — a ubiquitous material that’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Paper, plastic, with straws or without, Starbucks’ cups inspire a lot of passion in the coffee shop’s customers. The commonly seen cups have been the subject of ...

The KKR-owned Upfield food business, bought from Unilever for €6.8bn in 2018, has developed the tubs made from paper fibre to hold butter alternatives and other spreads without a plastic coating ...

Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead? February 11, 2025 4:36 PM ET. By . Jacob Fenston Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018.