Adjective
single-use (not comparable)
Designed to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.
A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella. David Nicholls
Agnes Pannier-Runacher, state secretary to France’s economy minister, told French broadcaster RTL that the government’s objective “is to convince large buyers to switch from single-use masks to reusable washable textile masks.” Source: Internet
Additional single-use masks will be made available at schools, and the government will also be supplying 466,000 litres of hand sanitizer to schools. Source: Internet
Among other things, the initiative would require all single-use plastics to be recyclable, reusable, refillable, or compostable by 2030, and reduce the use of single-use plastic packaging and foodware by 25% by 2030. Source: Internet
As well as being non-recyclable and non-degradable, it takes a ton of water to produce each single-use cotton pad, which, unless it’s made from organic cotton, is also grown with pesticides which damage the surrounding environment. Source: Internet
All single-use items provided by the hotel but left by the guests should also be discarded, and linens and towels should be washed “using the warmest permissible water setting.” Source: Internet