Blue Bottle Coffee, the upscale chain that popularized the pour-over coffee cup, plans to make its cafes zero-waste within a year. To do that, it's getting rid of single-use cups at some locations.

So have lots of cafés and coffee shops big and small. But many onlookers have questioned the logic of phasing out plastic straws while still using plastic cups. Now Blue Bottle Coffee ...

Today, people inheriting or collecting vintage porcelain cups might use them for meetings and special parties. I was startled when a friend told me I was really serving tea in coffee cups and vice ...

which has piloted a reusable cup collection for coffee shops in the U.K., actually won one of our Innovation by Design awards this year. The difference between these initiatives and Blue Bottle ...

In the 1970s, Nestlé launched a marketing campaign celebrating Nescafé as the world's best-selling instant coffee. The promotion included mugs shaped like globes. (John Kelly/The Washington Post ...

If you’re a New Yorker who enjoys your daily cup o’ joe, at some point you’ve probably sipped from the blue, white and gold Greek coffee cup that reads “WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU.” ...

The city is reminding residents this month what exactly can and can't go into the blue bins and you may be surprised at what can't be recycled. As it turns out, the takeout coffee cups you've ...

If you're in Toronto, you can now toss your disposable coffee cups and fountain drink cups in the blue bin, thanks to a new pilot that launched this week. This comes after years of confusion ...