During the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of tons of used surgical masks were dumped every month without a real vision to manage them. Although the world has successfully passed the critical period, a ...

Tangling animals’ legs together, floating across city streets and swimming in oceans after journeying through sewers, face masks have found themselves in just about every nook and cranny of the ...

Discarded “single use” face masks pose a massive environmental challenge. Several studies have demonstrated the feasibility of recycling these plastic-rich products into a range of materials, ...