Designed or intended to be used one time and thendiscarded ordisposed of.
1981 December 4,Overseas Trading, page757, column 2:
Filtrona Plastics, Victoria, has supplied Malaysia with $20 000 worth ofsingle-use plastic ware for hospitals and laboratories.
2018 February 20, “Grocery bags and takeout containers aren't enough. It's time to phase out allsingle-use plastic”, inLos Angeles Times[1]:
For example, more than 100 cities have adopted restrictions on polystyrene takeout containers, and the state has bannedsingle-use plastic grocery bags.