Increasingly as I am doing my now almost solatory Litter Picking campaign what am I now finding —– …. Discarded PPE – Gloves and Face Masks, yesterday I found and picked up 10 in one short session all in the town area, it would appear that when ‘some’ have finished with them they just throw them on the ground.
UK volunteers have seen a “massive” rise in the amount of single use masks discarded on beaches, high streets, canals and rivers. – Sky News Click Here
An estimated 194 billion disposable masks and gloves are being used worldwide every month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study in Environmental Science and Technology.
Most single use PPE is made from a variety of plastics, including polypropylene, polyethylene and vinyl.
