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Coronavirus lockdowns in Europe have led to some environmental improvements such as better air quality and lower carbon emissions, but they are temporary and coupled with a huge surge in single-use plastic.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/air-pollution/news/air-pollution-fell-plastic-use-soared-during-europe-lockdowns/
As Africa drowns in garbage, the plastics business keeps booming. Even wealthy countries fail to recycle the vast majority of their plastics. Dump, Dump, Burn.
https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/blogs/11125/africas-exploding-plastic-nightmare/