Scientists are finding that coffee pods and cups may contribute to this problem. Many coffee pods and single-serve cups include plastics that break down as coffee is made. They can wind up in your drink, making for a cocktail of convenience, caffeine, and microscopic debris.

It's fall festival season, haunted house season, trunk-or-treat season. Amid the 50/50 raffles, soft pretzels, paper plate crafts and carnival rides with names like MAWS OF DEATH, we must steel for the greatest horror of all: Commemorative plastic cups.

As the Government's proposed latte levy continues to be delayed, Róisín Cullen looks at our coffee cup habits, the true cost of a reusable cup and what the future will hold for this long-awaited measure.

Disposable paper coffee cups are great, but they might be leaching microplastics into your drink. These microscopic plastic pieces can be potentially dangerous to human health when consumed frequently.