To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand. In the past ...
Not only has the coronavirus pandemic impacted the way we live, but it's also changed the way we litter.Brothers Danny Eisawy, 11, and Jojo Eisawy, 9, have been picking up trash around their ...
Since the COVID pandemic, disposable masks have become the omnipresent trash du jour, ever reminding us that disease transmission is only one of the problems currently threatening the global ...
Face masks, the protective gear used by billions across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, are turning into an environmental time bomb. As billions of discarded masks pile up on land and in ...
Researchers in China and Australia have developed a way to transform the globe's 950 billion discarded pandemic-era face masks into valuable electronic components, offering a climate-friendly solution ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Discarded face masks are piling up on Hong Kong's beaches and nature trails, with environmental groups warning that the waste is posing a huge threat to marine life and wildlife ...