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single-use

[ sing-guhl-yoos ]

adjective

  1. intended for disposal after one use: single-use facial wipes.

    single-use plastic straws;

    single-use facial wipes.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of single-use1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

The Dallas City Council had imposed a 5-cent fee for single-use bags for five months in 2015 before repealing the fee when the city faced lawsuits from plastic bag manufacturers.

Such are te findings of a study published in the Journal of Marketing Research co-authored by UC Riverside marketing professor Hai Che that examined policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas -- policies that were later repealed.

The Austin City Council banned single-use carryout bags in 2013, and the policy remained in place for five years until 2018 when the Texas Supreme Court struck down such bans statewide when it ruled on a case about a similar bag ban in Lerado.

They calculated how many fewer single-use grocery bags consumers would need to use to offset the additional trash bags purchased due to the policy.

Those institutions in Germany that use outside for their students catering rarely receive food wrapped in single-use packaging.

From Salon

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