A bench made from recycled PPE waste serves as an innovative solution to combat plastic pollution. This project involved ...

Unfortunately, there is a degree of inevitability when it comes to PPE waste. From the very start of the pandemic, single-use plastic was clearly going to cause a problem for the environment.

Researchers at India’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies say they’ve identified a way to turn unprecedented amounts of disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) plastic into ...

(WCIV) — Plastic pollution is nothing new, but the pandemic has new litter popping up around the Lowcountry. Single-use plastics can be found nearly everywhere, and PPE is now part of the problem.

Video: Pandemic-related PPE plastics flooding into waterways at alarming rate It is estimated that more than 8.4 million tons of PPE plastic was created from February 2020 through October 2021.

Similarly, with the PPE plastic out there,” Rachelson said. When left outside, thin plastic exposed to the sun, water and wind break apart, but it doesn’t go away.

New Jersey recently adopted a law outlawing single-use plastic and paper bags beginning in May 2022. The law will also allow plastic straws but require customers to request them beginning in November.

LOS ANGELES – Face masks, plastic bottles and bags – and feces, both dog and human – are some of the unsightly waste you could encounter these days while hiking in the red rocks of Sedona.

But you also need to remember that a lot of the personal protective equipment, the masks and gloves and other medical equipment, is plastic, and much of it is being thrown carelessly away. When ...

Some 8 million metric tons of pandemic-related plastic waste has been created by 193 countries, about 26,000 tons of which is now in the world’s oceans, where it threatens to disrupt marine life ...

Though he could not provide exact data for how much PPE has been collected, Hoellein said the amount is substantial. Additionally, the pandemic has lowered the number of team members who can ...