The English government has declared that it will outlaw single-use products like plastic utensils ... billion non-biodegradable plates and 4.25 billion pieces of disposable tableware annually ...

And The Pioneer Woman — a.k.a. Ree Drummond — has designed some super cute Christmas-themed disposable plates and napkins to help you ring in the season without needing to worry about cleanup.

Retailers are still allowed to offer non-plastic ... such as plates, cups and cutlery. A reusable cup program, which has cost $19,000, has aimed to help large events switch from disposable cups ...

Because this method requires only a clean surface to collect urine, our use of disposable plastic packaging from ELISA plates (Fig. 1) made it inexpensive, space-saving, and convenient.