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In hopes of fighting the highly transmissible omicron variant, the biden administration is giving out higher quality masks for free. 400 million n95 masks will be released from the national strategic stockpile next week. >> university of massachusetts biology professor aaron brummage joins us now. great to see you, professor. so i have a couple of examples right here, this n95 mask. this is the one with ear straps. how long can i wear one of these before having to use a new one? >> yeah, in a non-medical environment, you can easily wear them for a week. sometimes even two weeks. the key is if ...

This machine is being tipped as the answer. it melts masks and tray wraps, and can reach temperatures of over 300 degrees celsius. obviously, we need to remove the ear straps and the wire that sits over your nose. basically, it'sjust like a giant oven. you know, it melts it all down, and that makes one of the big blocks, which then gets taken away, and ground down into plastic granules and repurposed. 45 masks are needed to make each picker. the hospital recognises repurposing is not a perfect solution, but says it's better than using an incinerator. at the moment, this is the best that we hav...

Pupils don't have to go too far from the school gates before they come across litter, and each picker they're using is made from used hospital protective equipment. you can pick up a mask with these, that are made out of masks, and ijust think it's really cool. instead of chucking it away, they're something really useful. i don't understand why it would just be children rather than grown—ups. and grown—ups have more free time as well. the arrival of covid last year means the nhs has been using more plastic. so, pre—covid, we were using about 300 masks a day, just for theatres mostly, and...

Instead of chucking it away, they're something really useful. i don't understand why it would just be children rather than grown—ups.| and grown—ups have more free time as well. - the arrival of covid last year means the nhs has been using more plastic. so pre—covid, we were using about 300 masks a day, just for theatres mostly, and then covid struck and that increased to 10,000 a day. this machine is being tipped as the answer. it melts masks and tray wraps, and can reach temperatures of over 300 degrees celsius. obviously, we need to remove the ear straps and the wire that sits over yo...