K-cups and other coffee pods have been hindering recycling efforts for years. The small, single-use plastic containers are used easily and frequently and immediately thrown away afterward. According ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. There’s a Keurig machine in some 40 million households in the U.S. Single-serve coffee brewing systems — which ...

Like many other kitchen products, the pods and cups used inside these coffee machines often contain plastic materials. Studies find these materials can shed microplastics, which are then released into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If cholesterol is a concern, it may be worth reconsidering how you brew your coffee. ((Getty Images)) As a nation, we get through ...