Take-out coffee cups may be shedding trillions of plastic

New research shows that paper cup of joe you grab off the counter contains another ingredient, and it's one you might not want -- tiny plastic particles that leach into your hot java from the cup's plastic lining.

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Butterfly Cup on X: Almost all disposable cups are not recycled due to their plastic lining. It's difficult to remove, and there are challenges of recycling packaging contaminated by beverages. The result?

UK's billions of takeaway cups could each take '30 years' to break down, Coffee

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