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Indeed! Much change in policy seems to be happening as we fight individual battles in these strange times.
Been doing some documenting around "single-use" plastics & related discourses in the times of #COVID19. Sharing some of the resources in this thread for all to access.
1/n https://twitter.com/PlastispherePod/status/1246019527512645634
Been doing some documenting around "single-use" plastics & related discourses in the times of #COVID19. Sharing some of the resources in this thread for all to access.
1/n https://twitter.com/PlastispherePod/status/1246019527512645634
One of two crucial scientific studies much publicised and cited recently. This one, from the New England Journal of Medicine, compares viral viability on aerosol and different material surfaces (copper, cardboard, stainless steel, plastic).
2/n https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
2/n https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973
The second one, from the Journal of Hospital Infection, does a similar comparison, but incorporates studies on surface disinfection, potentially for safe reuse. This too has been much-cited, but the aspect of re-usability has at times been downplayed.
3/n https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
3/n https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
This Guardian article does a great job compiling some of the plastic industry responses, lobbyists, and the re-appropriation of scientific evidence to seek reversal on plastic bans and 3Rs. Also mentions some governmental responses in compliance.
4/n https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/rightwing-thinktanks-use-fear-of-covid-19-to-fight-bans-on-plastic-bags
4/n https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/rightwing-thinktanks-use-fear-of-covid-19-to-fight-bans-on-plastic-bags
A polemical piece that the above article cites but deserves mention in this thread for its mobilisation of sensational language & affect. This one's by John Tierney, appeared in the City Journal, March 12. Its use of scientific evidence is contested. 5/n https://www.city-journal.org/banning-single-use-plastic-bags-covid-19
