Dixie cups were like the Zoom of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, which helped the product become a household name. In 1907, Boston attorney Lawrence Luellen created a cup. It wasn’t made of glass or ...

A simple invention, the disposable paper cup, transformed public hygiene in the early 1900s. Lawyer Lawrence Luellen's idea ...

Andy Altman covered all things science and tech. He led production on CNET's award-winning limited documentary series Hacking the Apocalypse. He also created and co-hosted our video series What the ...

Cups, bags, wipes, and wrappers slip into your day without much thought, used once and forgotten. But the pile doesn't vanish; it just moves somewhere else. Reusable options aren't about reinventing ...