Does #COVIDー19 shift the debate around single-use plastics and zero waste? Do you see changes in perception, practice or regulation? I‘d like to hear from you. Send me a voice memo with name, affiliation, country to [email protected] - it might be featured in the podcast!

"In the latest sign of how dramatically the coronavirus pandemic is altering the social landscape, even the liberal San Francisco Bay Area this week banned reusable grocery bags" https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/04/01/its-come-to-this-liberal-san-francisco-bay-area-bans-reusable-grocery-bags-1270319

"Among the updated requirements in the order, which lasts through May 3: 'Not permitting customers to bring their own bags, mugs, or other reusable items from home.'" @politico quoting: https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/HealthOfficerOrder-C19-07b-ShelterInPlace-03312020.pdf

"It took one week after the first U.S. case of Covid-19 with no overseas connection for Starbucks Corp. to temporarily ban customers from bringing in reusable coffee mugs." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-15/plastics-had-been-falling-out-of-favor-then-came-coronavirus

"The science around reusable bags and their potential to spread disease is contentious." https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1243126285641154560