Covid-19 brings back plastic bag madness

Amid worries about the coronavirus clinging to reusable bags, many stores have banned their use. So now that the plastic bags are mounting in our homes, many of us are wondering what to do with them. Photo: Dreamstime/TNS

Among the many bad things to come out of the coronavirus pandemic is the resurgence of single-use plastic.

In early March, weeks before California adopted the United States’ first stay-at-home orders and when toilet paper could still be found in abundance on store shelves, Starbucks stopped accepting customer’s refillable cups for fear that they might expose baristas to infection. Dunkin’ followed suit.