People use a plastic bag to shield from the rain in Times Square during the first New Year's Eve event without restrictions since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

People wearing protective masks walk past a covered in plastic decoration for celebrate new year 2023, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A migrant removes his belongings from a plastic bag after crossing the Rio Grande as U.S. border cities are bracing for an influx of asylum seekers when COVID-19-era Title 42 migration restrictions are set to end, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jordan Vonderhaar 

A woman wearing a face mask pushes a plastic covered stroller with a baby inside, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China, December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Plastic bottles of Heinz tomato ketchup sit on a shelf in a Tesco store in London, Britain June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Simon Newman 

A woman carries plastic bags at a residential area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man passes a plastic bag to residents over the barriers at a residential area, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A delivery worker passes a plastic bag to a man over the barriers at a residential area, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A vendor wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stands behind a plastic sheet at a vegetable stall inside a market in Taipei, Taiwan April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Annabelle Chih 

A resident checks plastic bags of food at a residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China April 17, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A worker in a protective suit sits on plastic stools following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A man passes a plastic bag to a woman over a gate blocking an entrance to a residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A man wearing a plastic glove to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

A marabou-stork flies towards a signage sensitising against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Dandora dumping site on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A Canadian flag and plastic flowers are left attached to fencing, as Canadian police officers work to evict the last of the trucks and supporters occupying the downtown core, three weeks after a protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates began, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg 

Children sit in a plastic toboggan after Canadian Police officers cleared the streets of Parliament Hill from trucks and demonstrators who had occupied the downtown core for more than three weeks to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Hindu pilgrims cover themselves with a plastic sheet during rainfall as pilgrims gather at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of "Makar Sankranti" festival at Sagar Island, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri 

A Hindu pilgrim wearing a protective face mask covers herself with a plastic sheet during rainfall as pilgrims gather at the confluence of the river Ganges and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of "Makar Sankranti" festival at Sagar Island, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri 

Souvenir shop staff wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stand behind plastic panels on reception desk, which were installed to prevent infection, during a public viewing event for the twin giant panda cubs "Lei Lei" and "Xiao Xiao" born last June at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo, Japan January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A woman wearing kimono and a protective masks walks past plastic panels on reception desk, which were installed to prevent infection at Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony venue, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) Chief Executive Officer and head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Akira Kiyota speaks behind a plastic panel to prevent spreading the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak during a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2021 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 

A label on a plastic vial containing a test for the coronavirus marks a priority test at the Wisplinghoff medical laboratory amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

A worker wearing a face mask as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sorts plastic bottles near a Christmas tree in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

People sit wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, behind plastic barriers playing slot machines at the Ute Mountain Hotel and Casino in Towaoc, Colorado, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers raise their whiteboards during a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated on chairs with plastic barriers attend a class as several schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David 

Students seated in between plastic barriers attend a class as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Students seated in between plastic barriers attend a class as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Students seated in between plastic barriers attend a class as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A student wearing a face mask sit in a class with plastic barriers as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Students, standing in between plastic barriers, dance during a class as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Students wearing face masks sit in a class with plastic barriers as schools in the Philippines' capital reopen for the first time since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A woman wearing a protective face mask against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and a plastic bag on her head to protect from the rain looks on, as the new Omicron coronavirus variant spreads, at Tsomo, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, December 2, 2021. Picture taken December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko 

A plastic sheet and advisory to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at the reception counter of Japanese public bathhouse, or sento, 'Dai-ni Takara-yu' in Tokyo, Japan November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Carter Dickerson, 5, holds up a plastic button after receiving his first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside Mary's Center in Washington, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner 

A cat sits on a plastic chair by the entrance to a shop in an alley in Jerusalem's Old City October 28, 2021. Picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 

Jirintat Tangsupmanee, 45, wearing a face mask and a plastic glove to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cooks "Guay Jub" rolled rice noodles at her late father's food stall in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand, October 6, 2021. Picture taken October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Adulwitch Tangsupmanee, 42, wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) holds up a plastic chair for a customer at his late father's food stall in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand, October 6, 2021. Picture taken October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

A boy flips in the air as they play on dumped plastic materials amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the outskirts of Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A boy flips in the air as they play on dumped plastic materials amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the outskirts of Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A plastic tarp is removed from the stage during preparations to reopen "Phantom of the Opera" at the Majestic Theater in New York, U.S., September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs 

A visitor views a display made from recycled plastic bottles during the final day of the Chelsea Flower Show, delayed from its usual spring dates because of the lockdown restrictions amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in London, Britain, September 26, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A demonstrator wearing sunglasses and plastic flowers on head attends a protest over the Thai government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and to demand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's resignation, in Bangkok, Thailand, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A man works in a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand September 1, 2021. Picture taken September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A general view inside a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand September 1, 2021. Picture taken September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

Women work in a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand September 1, 2021. Picture taken September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A view inside a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand September 1, 2021. Picture taken September 1, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

Plastic bottles are seen at the collecting point, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 31, 2021. Picture taken August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A woman sews a PPE suit for Buddhist monks who work as volunteers, as Bangkok city's administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A woman sews a PPE suit for Buddhist monks who work as volunteers, as Bangkok city's administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A woman sews a PPE suit for Buddhist monks who work as volunteers, as Bangkok city's administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A Buddhist monk wears a PPE suit, as Bangkok city's administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

Plastic bottles are seen at the collecting point, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as Thailand battles coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A protestor covers his head with a black plastic bag as a protest against injustice by Thai police in case of former superintendent Thitisan Uttanapol, calling for the police reform during a protest over the government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, near Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

A woman dines in a restaurant, behind plastic panels, during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Yokohama, Japan August 4, 2021. Picture taken August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva