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Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars. Used to curb the spread of Covid-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: plastic pollution. Around 129 billion disposable masks are used every month around the world, according to the American Chemical Society. Made out of polypropylene plastic material, elastic and metal, used ma...

Close An estimated 129 billion single-use face masks are disposed of around the world every month, according to the American Chemical Society. That number is a lot to add to the current problems in plastic pollution. Disposable face masks used to prevent transmission of diseases, particularly COVID-19 in this time of the pandemic, is made of elastic and metallic polypropylene plastic material that is thrown in the trash after use and ends up in landfills. Florida News Times reported that many ...

  TORONTO -- Over a year into the global COVID-19 pandemic and the scale of waste from single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) is slowly being tallied as masks, gloves and face shields fill bodies of water and landfills. One of the major contributors for PPE waste is hospitals, where strict health, safety and sanitation protocols mean doctors, nurses, techs and most support staff change PPE frequently, but one U.K. company is tackling the issue head on. Based out of Cardiff in Wales...

Earth Day is celebrated by more than a billion people worldwide (Credit: Charities.org) Every April 22, over a billion people around the world celebrate Earth Day by participating in neighborhood clean-up activities and environmental teach-ins. The planets largest civic event began in 1970 when twenty million Americans poured out onto the streets to urge lawmakers to take action to protect the environment before it was too late. Now boasting over 50,000 partners in 195 countries, the Earth D...

Doing the plastic fantastic Three innovative British companies at various stages of international fame There are many different types of plastic, and not all of them are created equal. The varieties currently in the news, causing huge problems in ecosystems worldwide – polyethylene, polypropylene and PET – are at the bottom of the pile in terms of quality. Further up the rungs of the ladder are engineering and high-performance plastics, which are manufactured on a much more limited scale th...

Climbing the PPE plastic mountain By Natalie Healey 15 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 12th, 2021 17:34) The Covid-19 pandemic has created a huge amount of plastic waste in hospitals – largely a result of the additional PPE required to curb the spread of the virus. But what can be done to reduce the environmental impact of this plastic waste? Natalie Healey finds out. Although PPE is vital, particularly in pan...

Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Capitol Seizure “Pelosi says she would have put up a fight against Capitol mob: ‘I’m a street fighter” [The Hill]. “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says in a new intervie...

Our 25 Welsh export champions that are doing the business globally The companies on the list are winning orders across the globe 02:00, 17 MAR 2021 Updated BusinessLive - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for subscrib...

Biofuel is a source of renewable energy, unlike coal, natural gas or petroleum. That means it’s better for the environment because it generates energy that produces no greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. 3. Compostable face shields The shields are made from wood pulp material and are completely compostable. REEL and A Plastic Planet, the companies behind the invention, say their shared mission is to rid the world of unnecessary single-use plastic. 4. Reusing hospital PPE One co...

The advent of COVID-19 has precipitated a raft of changes in our daily lifestyles, including stringent quarantine measures throughout the UK for much of the last year and the compulsory wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in enclosed public spaces. Click to read more...