All of the defining images of the coronavirus pandemic seem to feature one thing: plastic.

Rob Picheta writing for CNN, Coronavirus is causing a flurry of plastic waste. Campaigners fear it may be permanent:
PPE has become an additional threat to the world's oceans, which have been choking under the weight of plastic at a rapidly increasing rate.



Rob Picheta writing for CNN, Coronavirus is causing a flurry of plastic waste. Campaigners fear it may be permanent:
PPE has become an additional threat to the world's oceans, which have been choking under the weight of plastic at a rapidly increasing rate.
A look at SPTek ECLIPSE®, a 1% polyolefin additive built to give plastic that won't be recycled a built-in exit plan.
Modern landfills are engineered to contain waste, not transform it, which is why what happens to plastic underground is decided at the formulation stage.