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PPE adding to global trash toll
Earth Day arrives Thursday with a whole new challenge for Mother Nature: Pandemic trash. Yes, disposable masks are the new cigarette butts.
“Discarded face masks, plastic gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) are washing up on beaches and increasingly being found in waterways across the United States, raising concern among scientists about the effects of the litter on the environment,” writes Route Fifty s Andrea Noble. “The Ocean Conservancy, which organizes the annual International Coastal Cleanup, began tracking the amount of PPE found during cleanup events in late July. Volunteers have collected 107,219 individual pieces of PPE from beaches and waterways across the globe since then, according to a report released last month.”
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