Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Many consumers trust that when they toss a plastic cup into a ...

The next time you order an iced coffee from Starbucks, it might not look that different — but there’s been a major change. The chain announced Thursday that the plastic cups for all sizes of its cold ...

Plastic cups are sold by the millions at restaurants and cafes, doled out at parties and events and all too often tossed in the trash after a single use only to languish in landfills indefinitely.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks ...