INNOVATIVE TECH HELPS MANAGE COVID 19-INSPIRED INCREASE IN NONWOVENS WASTE
May 22nd, 2023
The Covid-19-related increase in waste from disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) has focused attention on nonwovens waste management.
For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 1.5 billion units of PPE, much of which nonwovens, weighing 87,000 tonnes, were procured between March 2020 and November 2021 alone and shipped to support countries’ urgent Covid-19 under UN emergency work alone. (1)
PPE nonwovens are tough to recycle, according to a Scotland-based spokesman for TerraCycle, a USA-based recycling solutions provider. He told NRI: ...
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