Old PPE masks find new life fighting plastic waste
All schools and colleges in Cornwall will be given litter pickers made from old hospital masks. …
All schools and colleges in Cornwall are being given litter pickers made from old hospital masks.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro says repurposing some of its surgical masks helps reduce plastic pollution.
Health, Science and Environment Reporter Laura Foster has been to see how the hospital’s on-site machine transforms the PPE into pickers and how the children at Penponds School are getting on with their new pickers.
Video by Laura Foster
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