Rant ~ A health pandemic creating another plastic waste pandemic

A dolphins dinner?

A new waste pandemic

The current corona pandemic is emerging to create another waste pandemic. Disposable face-masks. Have we not learnt ANYTHING! Face-masks may or may not be a useful way to combat this virus, the jury is still out. Take away the workers who have and will always need them. Many countries are using them as a method to combat the virus.

If the 1.3 billion people in China are using them and many countries in Europe, that’s a lot of face-masks used daily. So where is all the waste going? Just like beer can plastic rings, single-use plastic bags, and straws before them, face-masks are yet another single-use waste product we have created to ‘fix’ a problem, becoming dinner for our dolphins.

I understand we are in a health pandemic, but we have been in a waste pandemic and will continue to be after the current corona crisis has dissipated.

Just when we had started changing our straw habits, we have once again created a new unwanted food source for our sea life. Grrrrr

Rant over ~

Watch a turtle made out of straws make a difference, Our continual pandemic, our war on waste. View here.

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Words By

Anita La Forgia

Life learner, multipotentialite, lifestyle elevator and creator

A treechanger who cooks to elevate life. Anita is passionate foodie using local, quality and seasonal ingredients. Living in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria she frequents the local farmers markets each week, with her beloved luggy. Her grandparents instilled the life skills of sustainable living, before sustainable living was a buzz word. She grew up in a restaurant and completing her International degree at César Ritz colleges in Switzerland, the heart land of hospitality, food and service.

Feature image: Upsplash and Ocean Asia Instagram