Plastic items have assumed critical parts in securing individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The broad use of individual defensive stuff made a gigantic interruption in the supply chain and waste disposal framework. A huge number of disposed of single-use plastics (masks, gloves, apron, and containers of sanitizers) have been added to the earthbound climate and could cause a flood in plastics cleaning up the sea coastlines and littering the seabed.
As the Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Dhaka restaurants to suspend their dine-in options, people are now relying on ordering foods via delivery apps and with every single order, we are receiving a bunch of takeaway food containers and utensils – all of them are single-use plastic (SUP) items, which consumers do not use in everyday life. However, it is not advisable to encourage the use of disposable plastic bags as no evidence supports disposable plastics as less likely than reusable items to spread COVID-19.
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