Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia amid Covid-19 lockdowns

Adam Reza is among those for whom environmental awareness took a back seat to health concerns during Malaysia’s national lockdown earlier this year to curb the spread of Covid-19. Despite making a conscious effort to be mindful, he estimates his use of plastics increased by up to 80 per cent as people were confined indoors for more than 90 days as the pandemic raged.“I’m not exactly a green conscious guy, but before the lockdown I did make a conscious effort to be mindful,” said management…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3096554/plastic-pollution-plagues-southeast-asia-amid-covid-19