It’s plastic, and whether people admit it or not, it saved lives.
– From N95 masks to syringes, IV bags to ventilator tubes, no other material offered the speed, sterility, and scale needed to fight COVID.
– Even today, single-use plastics silently power entire supply chains, from food to pharma to FMCG.
– In everyday life, it’s everywhere: fridge shelves, laptop casing, toothpaste tube, even the milk packet you just opened.
Just because no one wants to admit the truth: Plastic is still the best alternative we’ve got.
📄 Paper burns 4× more energy and leaves 80% more waste.
🍷 Glass has 14× higher global warming impact and breaks before it delivers.
🥫 Aluminum emits 2× more CO₂ and jacks up packaging costs by 25–30%.
Honestly, the real villain isn’t plastic. It’s our broken waste systems and first-use thinking.
Plastic rather than the enemy can be the perfect solution, if we design for after-use, not just first-use.
Let’s stop painting it black. Let’s start using it smartly.
Agreed?