Corona Masks Are a Ticking Time Bomb for the Environment

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While the Corona pandemic is slowly becoming forgotten, its consequences continue to persist – for example in the form of carelessly thrown away protective masks. During the pandemic, about 129 billion face masks were used monthly and thus also: thrown away. A comprehensive use outside of hospitals was not planned, nor was a recycling process. Many masks did not end up in waste, but hung on fences, lying on trottoirs, meadows or in the road ditc…