single-use plastic
One-time petroleum product
Single-use plastic refers to plastic items designed to be used once and then discarded: bags, straws, bottles, food packaging, cutlery.
The term emerged in environmental discourse to highlight the wastefulness of disposable plastics that persist in landfills and oceans for centuries: The city banned single-use plastic bags.
Also called disposable plastic or throwaway plastic.
- disposableMade for one use
- bottleContainer for liquids
- water bottleContainer for drinking liquid
- strawTube for sipping
- bagFlexible carrying container
wrapper · landfill · ocean · garbage patch · pollution · waste · packaging · coffee cup · convenience · throwaway · petroleum · microplastic · ban · break free · recycling · zero waste · styrofoam · cutlery
- plasticspolymers, polymer, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene
- disposable culturedisposable razors, paper plates, paper cups, paper towels, disposable diapers
- waste typesfood waste, pollution, landfills, electronic waste, e-waste
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
single-use plasticdurable goods
Products built to last
reusable bags · glass jars · Tupperware · mason jars · heirloom quality
single-use plasticeco-friendly alternatives
Environmentally responsible replacement options
sustainable packaging · sustainable materials · biodegradable materials · biodegradable packaging · compostable packaging
single, singly, singular, singularity, singularly, singles, singled, singling, singleton