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Protector or polluter? Plastic makes a comeback with COVID-19

Coronavirus is not only harming public health but the environment as well

Published: June 29, 2020 12:21 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 196391-01-03-1593418295203 — Single-use plastic is protecting health workers from the deadly coronavirus. | A healthcare worker put on their personal protective equipment (PPE) before administering coronavirus tests to patients in Tampa, Florida. Image Credit: AFP

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20200926 trash — But increase in single-use plastics will have long-term impacts on the environment. | Latex plastic gloves littering among other waste in Paris. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156687-01-02-1593418330037 — A vendor sells plastic face shield as protection against COVID-19 at a stall in Bangkok. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 157163-01-02-1593418292636 — Just when you thought it was beyond the social and environmental pale, single use plastic is making a comeback, be it for throwaway facemasks, gloves or shrink-wrapped vegetables. Largely to blame is the coronavirus and the response to ward it off -- the masks, gloves and other plastic-based items, many of which are now ending up in our oceans -- already strewn with the slow-to-degrade detritus of a constantly growing industry. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156695-01-02-1593418333449 — A woman carries a baby under an umbrella with a plastic covering as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at a market in Bangkok. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156329-01-02-1593418288896 — Municipal workers transferring waste from a canal into a garbage truck in Bangkok. Thailand's plastic waste has surged in step with home food deliveries during the coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Spain_Plasticized_Hugs_Photo_Gallery_59219.jpg-0558f-1593418339707 — Even when it comes wrapped in plastic, a hug can convey tenderness and relief, love and devotion. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 156678-01-02-1593418320143 — High school senior students study with plastic partitions in a classroom in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 155835-01-02-1593418306790 — A red plastic bag containing material discarded by health workers who take samples to make COVID-19 tests in Bogota. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 144635-01-02-1593418304513 — People exercise at Inspire South Bay Fitness behind plastic sheets in their workout pods while observing social distancing in Redondo Beach, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156670-01-02-1593418322654 — A vendor with a facemask and shield sells beverages behind a protective plastic screen. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 174809-01-02-1593418335820 — A longtail macaque playing with a plastic bag in the town of Lopburi. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 190361-01-02-1593418342415 — Iranian bakers behind a plastic sheet to protect their products at their bakery in Tehran. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156668-01-02-1593418315258 — Passengers travel on a train, usually packed during rush hour, with plastic sheets spacing out seats to ensure social distancing in Manila. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156339-01-02-1593418318235 — Municipal workers clearing plastic from a canal, as a resident watches, in Bangkok. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 113559-01-08-1593418301574 — Vendors preparing food behind plastic screens at a night market. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156663-01-02-1593418312715 — A taxi driver wearing a face mask looks on from behind a plastic screen as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19 in Hanoi. Image Credit: AFP

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20200629 world ocean day — Rubbish, including plastic waste, is seen at the beach of the Costa del Este neighborhood in Panama City. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 156679-01-02-1593418325948 — People eat in between plastic partitions set up in an effort to contain any spread of the COVID-19. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-06-19T131834Z_1198276965_RC2DCH9LS6ND_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RUSSIA-SHOPPING-1593418298047 — A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves walks through a disinfection cabin placed at the entrance of the Evropeyskiy shopping mall in Moscow. Image Credit: Reuters

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