This is a tangent from the article, but related. The 2020 oil price crash means that virgin plastic (unrecycled) is much cheaper to produce and buy relative to recycled plastic compared to before the oil price crash.<p>Article for more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/oil-crash-means-single-use-plastic-is-back-as-recycling-struggles" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/oil-crash...</a> / <a href="https://archive.is/8vTIH" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/8vTIH</a>