Impact of single use plastic on the environment due to Covid-19 pandemic

COVID -19 pandemic is one of the worst situations started in the world since December 2019 and it starts the journey from China and still it continues the effect on the world. To face the COVID -19, most of the countries and local bodies announced various guidelines like Lockdown, Social distancing, Quarantine, wearing masks, frequent usage of hand sanitizer etc. As per the regulations of World Health Organization (WHO), countries started self-protecting materials like wearing masks, personal protection equipment (PPE) kits, gloves, face shields to frontline warriors like doctors, hospital staff, and municipal and sanitization workers. In this connection, majority of the self-protecting materials are made by single -use plastics with nonwoven coated. So, in this article, I am discussing how single -use plastic affects the world due to COVID -19 pandemic.