Tough times for US meat, recycled plastic & Tesco’s inspired ‘doomsday’ prep

Laura and Julia discuss the ongoing crisis in the US meat industry, what’s next for single-use plastic and how one farsighted exercise helped Tesco prepare for the coronavirus outbreak. 

Articles mentioned in this episode:

One meat plant. One thousand infections | The Daily by The New York Times

How Tesco's 'doomsday exercise' helped it cope with the coronavirus | The Guardian

Most climate and agriculture research has focused on crops, not the people who pick them | Anthropocene

You’ve got mail…finally. The pandemic is jamming up the world’s post | Wall Street Journal

As cases of coronavirus grow, what about cases of Corona beer? | The Economist

Could coronavirus be the last straw for recycled plastic? | The Grocer

 

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