Compared to a good old fashioned coffee cup, drinking from a paper cup with a plastic lid can leave a lot to be desired, with that small stream of coffee flowing through that tiny hole. And then you ...

Some coffee shops on Prince Edward Island are doing away with plastic lids in a push to be more environmentally friendly — and now one of Canada's biggest coffee players is joining them. This week, ...

A look at the origins of a ubiquitous but humble object—and why design experts and collectors are obsessed with it Take-out beverage lids collected in the '90s and early '00s, photographed by ...

The Solo Traveler lid takes in to account human anatomy, ergonomics and functionality in a simple and elegant way. It is very hard to improve upon this form-follows-function design. The Solo Lid ...

If you’re a frequent takeout coffee drinker (and even if you’re not, for that matter), you’ll likely have noticed that the plastic lids of takeout cups typically have not one, but two holes. One of ...

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.