During the pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) has driven increased plastic pollution. In response to high PPE demand among the general public, health care workers, and service workers, single-use face mask production in China soared to 116 million per day in February, about 12 times the usual quantity (2). The World Health Organization has requested a 40% escalation of disposable PPE production
Every Month, 200 Billion Face Masks and Gloves Are Going Into the Environment
(Research In Poland) Only 13% of waste collection companies have applied special collection schedules for the waste generated at quarantine collection points due to the high costs of changing collection schedules, providing additional vehicles, and paying for more labor.-> need laborhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/10/116
The disposal schedules need labor while it is highly dangerous if the transportation is not under safety secure.
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