Originally published at: https://ethical.net/ethical/word-of-the-year-single-use-and-how-to-make-it-history-again/
You’ve probably noticed the surge in articles about the plastic crisis simply because Collins Dictionary picked “single-use” as word of the year. Single-use sounds civilized and progressive. It has the air of fast food and medical sterile supplies. It has an aura of innocence, but the truth is that this is a terrible word when…