The new paper cups aren't recyclable either, but they're made from trees instead of the petroleum needed for foam cups. Dunkin' said the switch will keep one billion foam cups out of the waste ...

Dunkin’ announced in February 2018 that would phase out foam cups by 2020, and this morning said that double-walled paper cups would replace all foam in New England by December 1, with the new ...

A graduate student from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a way of creating a bio-foam from paper mill waste, radically reducing waste from paper production and creating two ...

Dunkin’ is officially serving all hot drinks in double-walled paper cups at all of its U.S. locations. The new disposable drinkware replaces the coffee chain’s previous use of polystyrene foam ...

If those foam cups haven't already disappeared from your corner coffee shop they are about to. They've already been replaced with new paper cups in many towns including Cambridge and Brookline.

Dunkin' Donuts announced that it will phase out foam cups and replace them with paper ones by 2020. The iconic polystyrene cups are an environmental menace. The plan is to phase them out by 2020.

The problem is that paper cups are in many ways just as bad for the environment as foam cups, and by some measures, they’re worse. For one thing, although they seem recyclable, they are not.

For Dunkin’ customers in New England, the days of the “double cup” -- a foam cup acting as a sleeve around a cold drink -- are over.

On that list are foam cups, paper plates, plastic utensils and containers that have certain numbers listed within triangles on the packaging. "Number 3, ...