A bin overflowing with PPE waste during the Kwai Chung Estate’s five-day lockdown in Hong Kong on January 26. Photo: Jelly Tse
Opinion
Opinion
Outside In
As masks and gowns choke our landfills, it’s time to reckon with PPE makers
- Most pandemic waste comes from hospitals and clinics, from masks and gowns to test kits and vaccine phials
- Is it too much to ask that pharmaceutical companies and PPE makers use some of their windfall profits to tackle the environmental damage?
A bin overflowing with PPE waste during the Kwai Chung Estate’s five-day lockdown in Hong Kong on January 26. Photo: Jelly Tse
