使い捨て ― single-use

「シングルユース」というと、ホテルの予約で出てきそうですが、英語では別の意味合いがあります。


NEW DELHI -- Increasingly aware of the scope of plastic pollution, governments in more than 60 countries have introduced levies and bans to combat single-use plastic waste, according to U.N. Environment, an agency of the United Nations.

"A growing number of governments are taking action and demonstrating that all nations, whether rich or poor, can become global environmental leaders," Erik Solheim, the agency's head, said in a report released Tuesday about sustainable solutions to single-use plastics.

With its release timed for U.N. World Environment Day, the report noted that rules limiting the use of plastic bags had decreased their use in places such as Morocco, Rwanda and parts of China, sometimes significantly.
(Over 60 countries have introduced bans, fees to cut single-use plastic waste. CBS News. June 5, 2018.)


今、世界的に問題になっているのは、プラスティックごみの増大と、それによる環境破壊です。

コンビニに行くとプラスチック容器に入った惣菜やお弁当が、そしてレジではこれまたプラスティックのスプーンやフォークをつけてくれます。

多くは1回使ったらそのまま捨ててしまう、"single-use"という訳です。