The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic in March and it has spread to more than 200 countries, with severe public health and economic consequences.
And also PPE production has surged in recent months as health care providers have collectively brought millions of items to stop the spread of novel coronavirus among their staff and all.
From the first moment, people began to wear gloves and masks, we’ve also begun to see them at streets. The problem is in how people use and dispose of their waste.
Because face masks and plastic gloves have become must-have items when people go out in public during the coronavirus pandemic. Personal protective equipment may keep humans safe, but that is after being used, some of that personal protective equipment’s are being dumped on the streets, it’s proving destructive to the environment.
And also masks and gloves are increasingly becoming common street trash, as Governments don them as safety precautions against Covid-19 and then discard them by the curb.
The PPE is intended to help us fight a public health challenge, not create a plastic pollution problem. Much of the PPE used around the world are single-use by design and can contain a wide range of different plastics, from polypropylene and polyethene in face mask and that of latex and vinyl in hand gloves.
To make matters worse, the PPE litter is more hazardous than normal garbage, as it has a higher risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. Populations and governments are the only ones that can stop this, we need to opt for products that are more ecological and sustainable and prohibit the use of single-use plastic.
We can make it possible to stop the spread of COVID-19 by doing the right lawful thing by throwing these items in the trash or dispose of them properly.
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