This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press May 29, 2025 0 1 of 8 ...

Kristina Smithe’s company, Hiccup Earth, has taken the cups to 137 races and spared more than 902,000 disposable ones from hitting a landfill.

She invented something better Hiccup Earth has 70,000 cups it rents out to interested races to replace the typical white paper cups that can pile up like snowdrifts at busy water stops.

This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better. By ALEXA ST. JOHN The Associated Press,Updated May 27, 2025, 3:45 p.m.

Kristina Smithe was running the California International Marathon in 2019, grabbing cups of water to stay hydrated, when she started to think about how much waste such events produce. On the flight… ...

This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better by: ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press Posted: May 27, 2025 / 09:39 AM EDT Updated: May 27, 2025 / 09 ...

Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile ...

This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about ...