The mask and the environment
The Hindu
Ensuring safe disposal of the face-wear is the responsibility of the individual and the community
With the pandemic having added masks to what residences discard as reject waste, apartment associations have a job on their hands. They have to tutor residents in safe disposal of masks. The Green Team at House of Hiranandani Upscale in Egattur has circulated an updated waste segregation chart, which among other things takes them through handling used or unwanted masks. Educating residents about scientific disposal of used masks, gloves and other COVID-related waste should be an ongoing exercise, repeated till the right action becomes a habit.More Related News