During lockdown we been allowed to let things slack. Our normal routines have been chucked out of the window and as the months rolled by, we accepted our new way of life. For those of us who aren’t key workers we’ve had no need for early starts and long commutes and instead can afford an extra hour of sleep or fill our spare time binging another boxset. One habit that we should never have let slip was our war against plastic. In my previous article, ‘Our World After Covid’ I explored the increase in demand for PPE and its effect on the environment. I found it shocking how easily we could toss aside our masks and gloves and let them float like jellyfish in our great oceans. When these plastic coverings are what is stopping the spread of this new virus, it seems absurd to allow the disposal of our protection go so unregulated. But the increased use of PPE is by no means the whole story. Last year, 2.5 billion cups were used in the UK yet only 1 in 400 were recyclable but, with the hel