Plastics and the Environment

The plastic pandemic is only getting worse during COVID-19

Shoes are stored in plastic bags during prayers at the Grand Mosque, after weeks of lockdown restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

The production and necessary disposal of single-use plastics have skyrocketed since COVID-19 Image: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Jacob Duer
President and CEO, Alliance to End Plastic Waste.
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