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Greener PPE: Inventors tackle Covid-19 plastic waste

Soccer Football - World Cup - Asia Qualifiers - Second Round - Group A - Guam v China - Suzhou Olympic Sports Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China - May 30, 2021. Members of staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry footballs before the match. [Reuters]

From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land and sea, alarming doctors and environmentalists alike.

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