RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (KVEO) — Gloves and face masks are posing a threat to drainage systems because they’re not being disposed properly. Water bottles and trash bags are typically the things you ...

The pandemic has not only upended millions of lives around the world, it's now threatening the world's oceans. Pandemic-generated waste, such as discarded disposable masks, gloves and wipes are ...

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 ...

A Magellanic penguin in Brazil ingested a face mask. A hedgehog in England got itself entangled in a glove. An octopus off the coast of France was found seeking refuge under a mask. In August 2020, ...

PACIFICA, Calif. — Disposable masks, gloves and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding untold lives during the coronavirus pandemic. They’re also creating a worldwide pollution ...

As the world has become hyper-hygienic since the pandemic began, plastic is playing an oversized role in the world's environmental problems. This Earth Day, Stephanie Sy looks at how many of the ...

Ian Williams receives funding from the EU Horizon 2020 fund and EPSRC. Keiron Roberts and Simon Kolstoe do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Disposable masks, gloves and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding untold lives during the coronavirus pandemic. They’re also creating a worldwide ...

PACIFICA, Calif. – Disposable masks, gloves and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding untold lives during the coronavirus pandemic. They’re also creating a worldwide pollution ...

Protecting people during the pandemic comes with a cost: Harmful plastics are ending up everywhere except in the trash. Lynn Adams, president of the Pacifica Beach Coalition, shows face masks that ...