'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean
by Ashifa Kassam from Environment | The Guardian on (#54EZJ)
A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed
Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution - adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life - after finding disposable masks floating like jellyfish and waterlogged latex gloves scattered across seabeds.
The French non-profit Operation Mer Propre, whose activities include regularly picking up litter along the Cote d'Azur, began sounding the alarm late last month.
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