1: Face Masks - Pandemic Plastics and the economics of sustainability
Coronavirus waste has quickly become its own unique form of pollution, enhancing the plastic pandemic that has rocketed since the 1950s. The plastic generated by the pandemic is largely single-use and not recyclable. In some form, it will be on our beautiful planet Earth for centuries. From masks and PPE, to hand sanitiser bottles to plastic separator screens, plastic waste has boomed in this pandemic. Is the pandemic making our use of unnecessary single-use plastic (#USUP)