We use 6.8 billion face masks a day. Researchers want to turn them into roads
…And the roads could be even stronger than traditional roads, according to new research in the journal ‘Science of the Total Environment.’
The disposable masks you see every day have to go somewhere. Many, if not most, end up in a landfill. Researchers have developed a new material that turns all those masks into roads.
Single-use face masks generate significant waste. In a July report, the UN called the influx of single-use masks a “toxic problem” and estimated that 75% of used masks and other pandemic-related waste will end up in landfills or floating in the oceans.
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