Editorial Shoppers wait for a department store advertising Black Friday deals to open in the Oxford Circus shopping district of London on Nov. 25, 2022. (Mary Turner/The New York Times)
EditorialA sleep mask, small toothbrush with toothpaste, ear plugs and a disposable towelette, which each passenger on the Napaway sleeper receives, on an overnight trip from Washington, D.C., to Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialAn array of Puff Bar and Econstik disposable e-cigarettes are on display behind the counter at St. Mark's E-Smoke and Beer store, in New York, on Jan. 26, 2020. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialA vendor of banana leaves, a traditional way of plating or wrapping some foods that is gaining popularity in the face of a ban on disposable plastics, in Chennai, India, July 8, 2022. (Anindito Mukherjee/The New York Times)
EditorialVoters check their body temperature and put on disposable gloves before voting at Gyonamdong polling station in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Woohae Cho/The New York Times)