Topic: Single Use

The Collins Dictionary named "single-use" as the 2018 word of the year, reflecting a global push to ban plastic straws and cutlery. An anecdote about flying Aeroflot in the late 1980s describes how the Soviet airline washed and reused plastic cups, suggesting that "single-use" is a modern Western luxury. The current anti-plastic movement is framed as part of a broader "Agenda 2030" environmental campaign.