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Pandemic-related PPE Adds to Plastic Ocean and Ocean Bound Waste

2021-05-18 13:46:00| Waste Age

The practice of wearing face masks in public has been the norm around the globe for over a year. Worldwide that adds up to usage of roughly 129 billion face masks and 65 billion gloves every month, estimates the Centre for Environmental and Marine St [ more ]

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