single-use plastics
One-time plastic items
Single-use plastics are plastic items designed to be used once and then discarded: straws, bags, bottles, packaging, cutlery.
The term emerged in environmental discourse to highlight the wastefulness of materials that persist for centuries but serve for minutes.
The city banned single-use plastics in restaurants.
Also called disposable plastics or throwaway plastics.
- unrecyclableCannot be remade anew
- microplasticsSub-5mm synthetic environmental particles
- polyethyleneThermoplastic from ethylene gas
- landfillWaste burial ground
- ocean pollutionHarmful substances in seawater
sea turtle · packaging waste · sachets · polypropylene · water bottles · waste · blister packs · cling film · disposable gloves · shrink wrap · plastic bags · polystyrene · plastic bottles · bottle caps · straws · plastic straw · disposable · soil contamination
- wastefulnesswaste, squandering, extravagance, profligacy, dissipation
- consumerismconsumerism, consumers, consumer, shopping, buying
- restricted goodscontraband, hazmat, dangerous goods, hazardous materials, hazardous cargo
single-use plasticsreusable bags
Durable shopping carriers
durable goods · heirloom quality · glass jars · tupperware · mason jars
single-use plasticssustainable packaging
Materials designed to minimize waste
compostable packaging · biodegradable materials · eco-friendly materials · eco-friendly alternatives · paper products
single-use plasticsglass
Transparent solid from sand
metal · natural fibers · natural materials · organic matter · wood