Takeaway Cups May Be Releasing Microplastics Into Your Coffee

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When holding hot coffee, the plastic lining inside a paper cup can release millions of nanoparticles into the beverage. Notably, the health effects are still unclear.

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Eco trap in the coffee cup: disposable paper cup with a biodegradable PLA coating gave in laboratory tests about twelve times more plastic mass on hot water than PE-coated cups. The researchers confirmed PLA nanoplastics in two size ranges. What such particles mean for health, however, is still unexplained. Brisbane (Australia). Paper cups seem to be largely plastic-free at first glance. However, in order to prevent coffee or tea from leaking th…

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A study by the University of Queensland in Australia has revealed that millions of microplastic particles are released when hot liquids such as coffee and tea are poured into single-use paper cups. The university's Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences team studied cups coated with fossil-based polyethylene (PE) as well as cups coated with polylactic acid (PLA).