A study from the University of Southern Denmark printed in March said there are an estimated 129 billion face masks used globally every month, which means there are 3 million masks being used per ...

It's estimated that billions of facemasks alone have made their way into oceans. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, pictures of smog-free skies circulated social media from Los Angeles to New ...

A local Virginia Beach company is doing its part to supply Americans with personal protective equipment by manufacturing disposable masks. “Everyone is rolling up their sleeves and getting their jobs ...

It’s not news that our trash eventually finds its way to the ocean. Because oceans are downstream, litter will eventually find a pathway into our bodies of water if it’s not discarded properly—and ...

A recent study from the The Journal of Environmental Science and Technology found that worldwide, people are using and throwing away an estimated 129 billion disposable masks and 65 billion disposable ...

Engineers have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste. The ...

SEATTLE — Face masks have become a way of life in the pandemic, and their ability to help slow the spread of the respiratory virus COVID-19 is key to keeping people safe until vaccines are widely ...

One of the most distinguishable features of the COVID-19 era is the public, everyday use of personal protective equipment (PPE), mainly in the form of disposable face masks and latex gloves. And while ...

With face masks mandatory in many states, stock up so we can all help protect others from the coronavirus -- in style. With the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across the country and the emergence of ...

FORT LEE, Va. – Commissaries worldwide are now selling reusable and disposable protective masks, the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of sales announced. Two brands of masks, one reusable and the ...

W. Aaron Vandiver is a writer, attorney, and wildlife conservationist. He is the author of the novel Under a Poacher’s Moon, released on February 1, 2022. An estimated 1.6 billion disposable masks ...