Photography: Benjamin English/Princeton Architectural Press At the time, fast food restaurants and convenience stores sold hot drinks in small disposable cups “with tight-fitting, opaque lids, which ...

In the US alone, 120 billion disposable coffee cups are used every year. But it's more than just the cups and the lids that are creating waste. What about all those used-up coffee grounds?

For instance, you might not have known that placing the cover’s drinking spout opposite the paper ... in the cup. According to Atlas Obscura, who interviewed the authors of Coffee Lids: Peel ...