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Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here's how to choose the best one for the planet

  • Written by Mayuri Wijayasundara, Lecturer, Deakin University
Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here's how to choose the best one for the planetShutterstock

Face masks are part of our daily lives during the pandemic. Many are made from plastics and designed to be used just once, which means thousands of tonnes of extra waste going to landfill.

Masks may help stop the spread of the coronavirus. But according to one estimate, if everyone in the United Kingdom used a single-use mask each day...

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