"paper cups" news and stories

"Pick Your Nose" is probably not a headline you expected to see on Slashfood. Well. There's a first time for everything.

These are 12 ounce paper cups with various noses on them. Finally, you can pick your friends' noses. I know you've wanted to. A pack of 24 is $9.95, aka way cheaper than plastic surgery.*

As for clipping your friends' nose-hairs, we're still working on that.

*also somewhat less effective.

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Starbucks is in the process of replacing their current cups with cups made of 10% recycled paper and their heat-insulating cup sleeves are already made of recycled paper, but the company may soon have a new, environmentally-friendly option. A new company based in the Seattle Area, MicroGreen Polymers, says that it has developed a way to make insulated coffee cups out of recycled plastic bottles. Not only does the company believe that their cups, which are less than a year away from full commercial production, will be cheaper than the more traditional paper cups, but the production process creates no harmful gasses. The cups are created by infusing plastic with tiny air bubbles, creating an air cushion within the material of the cup to protect your hand from the heat. Because there is less physical material in the cups, the plastic from one bottle can be used to make five to seven 12-ounce coffee cups. MicroGreen Polymers has signed a development agreement with Reynolds Food Packaging, so it may not be long before a new wave of eco-friendly materials hit the stores.

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