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Special Report: Plastic pandemic - COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

By Joe Brock
Workers separate different types of plastic at Extruplas plant in Seixal, Portugal July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

(Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic.

From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for online shopping has surged. Since most of that cannot be recycled, so has the waste.

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