The U.S. is also facing a severe shortage of face masks for health care workers, meaning there is less protective gear entering the medical waste stream …
“We are asking citizens to segregate and give masks in a separate garbage bags to the waste collector. The bio medical waste is being taken to the civic …
For example, the explosion in rubber and latex glove sales, as well as the difficulty in recycling hazardous medical waste — much of which is plastic …
