The rinsing and reusing of paper cups at one of the Brighton Half-Marathon's water stations has lead to an apology being ...

The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water. But it degrades within a year on the ocean floor.

If you were a participant in an official race, would you expect to be handed water in a cup that had already been used by someone else? Probably not. However, this was the very real situation ...

BRIGHTON, England (WKRC) - Race organizers apologized after paper cups were being reused at the city's half-marathon. Brighton Half-Marathon's water stations were rinsing and reusing paper cups ...

A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has developed a biodegradable material that is ...