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Face Mask Disposal Problem
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Single-use face mask and other synthetic face masks are going to be a big waste management hazard.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Just give it a thought how difficult it is to dispose of millions of gloves, PPE kits and face masks being thrown every day.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]And a majority of this COVID waste is not disposable. Our environment is going to be cursed with this pile of COVID waste for the next 450 years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Masks, gloves, hand sanitizer bottles are already being found in seawater and joining the ocean ecosystems.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]We are already getting disturbing images of photos and videos. We may have more masks in the sea than jellyfish.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]This risk was flagged first when OceanAsia discovered a huge number of masks in plastic pollution research.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The problem was first noticed when a cluster of mask was found on the Soko island in Hong Kong.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In many cities, plastic recycling programs have been paused.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The quarantine economy has locked people in the room and that means more online deliveries resulting in packaging waste. Medical waste in cities has piled up.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The situation is even worse in developing countries like India.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Because of the lack of a mechanism for the collection and disposal of used face masks, single-use plastic masks are piling up on landfill sites.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]They’re simply being dumped in the garbage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]