Their solution takes aim at these plastic lids that need centuries to decompose, rather than the plastic-lined paper used in takeaway coffee cups, which the team says takes just 20. Their folding ...

A further nine single-use plastic items will start being phased out in WA from the end of this month, with the State Government warning those who don’t make enough effort face hefty fines.

The proposal bans plastic forks, knives, containers and other disposable items. Aidan Ring, part of the York High School Eco Club, which put forth the proposal, said the ban on cups and lids was ...

The UK takeaway-coffee industry alone contributes half a million coffee cups and plastic lids every day, some 2.5 billion every year with only 1 in 400 ever recycled.A further 6 billion cold ...

Not to worry: it does not involve consuming anything from Tim Hortons – not the plastic-free coffee lids the company is trying out, nor the new pizza, which she also slams in her video.

and plastic coffee cups and lids. Chile, Kenya, India and New Zealand have also imposed restrictions on some single-use plastic products, such as bags or cutlery. But there is a warning that the ...

Takeaway coffee cup lids will be made from either paper or bagasse, which is a by-product of sugarcane. It is estimated the cost of low-plastic coffee cups is 30 per cent higher than the plastic ...

The company told Global News the lids are being used at 19 stores ... in Canada didn’t recycle single-use paper coffee cups because of a plastic lining inside. Last year, the chain announced ...

Single-use plastic coffee cups and lids that cannot be composted are banned, as are all non-compostable plastic takeaway food trays. The coffee cup ban was announced early last year to give cafés ...

As of Dec. 20, however, B.C. has also rolled out new regulations province-wide prohibiting food service providers from immediately offering plastic items such as utensils, napkins and lids.