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, ...

UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) - How many disposable masks does it take to make a stool? Kim Ha-neul knows it takes 1,500. Bothered by the waste caused by disposable face masks, many of which are made ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) – Battelle Memorial Institute, the Columbus-based medical non-profit, received a $400 million contract on Tuesday from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to U.S.

After discovering a room full of N95 masks hanging on clotheslines, some employees claim Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center is recycling masks for staff, Mid-Hudson News reports.