A look at the origins of a ubiquitous but humble object—and why design experts and collectors are obsessed with it Take-out beverage lids collected in the '90s and early '00s, photographed by ...

Plastic snap-on cup lids are inexpensive and permanently shelf stable, but their virtues end about there. Large boxes each holding 1,000 of them take up significant shelf space in already snug ...

The Starbucks tall, grande and venti cups will now all use the same lid Starbucks Starbucks is making some cool changes to its cold cups. The coffee maverick upgraded its iced drink cups to use less ...

What Harpman calls the true beginning of the reusable lid. Image courtesy of Google Patents. Under Louise Harpman’s bed, in acid-free boxes, there are superior double-walled, climate-controlled and UV ...

The Solo Traveler lid takes in to account human anatomy, ergonomics and functionality in a simple and elegant way. It is very hard to improve upon this form-follows-function design. The Solo Lid ...

Starbucks is bidding farewell to straws ... for the most part. The Seattle-based coffee chain announced back in July 2018 that it would commit to banning plastic straws worldwide by 2020, and two ...

Derek Mogen, store manager of Wired Bean Coffee in East Grand Forks, has been paying 50% more for plastic cups now as he did this spring. “In March, we were only paying $80 for a thousand cups,” Mogen ...

Disposable cup lids are, of course, useful for keeping a potable liquid contained while you’re in transit. Once you’ve arrived at your destination and settled down at a table or desk to enjoy said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starbucks is bidding farewell to straws ... for the most part. The Seattle-based coffee chain announced back in July 2018 that it ...