It's 7:45 am. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the office. To most of us, that cup feels harmless – just a convenient tool for caffeine delivery. However, if that cup is made of plastic or has a thin plastic lining, there is a high chance it's shedding thousands of tiny plastic fragments directly into your drink. In Australia alone, we use a staggering 1.45 billion single-use hot beverage cups every year, along with