THUMBS DOWN TO PEOPLE WHO LITTER DISPOSABLE MASKS THE CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS OF DISPOSABLE MASKS

 

 THUMBS DOWN TO  PEOPLE WHO LITTER DISPOSABLE MASKS 

 THE CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS OF DISPOSABLE MASKS

Most of the masks you throw away are made from polypropylene- these masks might take up to hundreds of years to decompose. 

If you are neglecting to dispose of them properly in containers, they could end up causing the agonizing deaths of al kinds of marine life including dolphins, sea turtle, and whales.

Many people seem to be completely ignorant of the fact that anything with plastic components can survive in the environment for hundreds of years.  Sooner or later discarded items end up in a lake, and then a river and all rivers flow into oceans. 

Globally, we are using 129 billion facemasks and 65 billion plastic gloves every single month!

 Divers and observers are now finding discarded gloves and mask floating underwater  catastrophically affecting the marine life as they mistake the floating items for food and end up starving  to death!

Residents have also reported mounds of unsightly protective gear washing up on shores all over the world.

Aside from the environmental/wildlife damage created there will be a huge financial cost to fisheries and tourism.

“Plastic pollution was already one of the greatest threats to our planet   before the corona virus outbreak” declared Pamela-Coke Hamilton Director of International trade.

 Make a concerted effort to buy cotton double layered washable masks.

If you have no choice but must wears throw away masks make sure you always dispose of them in appropriate containers.

 

 

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