‘It’s all on hold’: how Covid-19 derailed the fight against plastic waste

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Pandemic prompted states to temporarily ban reusable grocery bags and stalled legislation aimed at reducing plastic packaging

Consumers were refusing straws and toting their own coffee mugs. Legislators had proposed an unprecedented wave of laws to ban single-use plastics. Even companies like Coke and Pepsi were opening up to the idea plastic might not be the future.

 

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earthalliance In Greece, where I live, reusable grocery bags were not banned and recycling is still on.

I’ve got a cupboard in the garage full of Ocado bags because they said they’ll take them back eventually

Still using the same bag as 8 years ago not sure what the issue is Nothing changed here by COVID, unless someone there turned it into a dumb business model

So true and disturbing. Huge strides in the fight for environment conservation has taken a deep back seat on the world stage. GretaThunberg vimlendu

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