All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen more and more people admitted to hospital, where the high infection rate of the virus makes use of personal protection equipment (PPE) vital for ...

Many people are wearing personal protective equipment while they shop, however not everyone is properly disposing their PPE after use. News Center 7′s Katy Andersen looked into the littering of masks ...

Carly Fletcher receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 860407. All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has seen more and ...

When you’re done wearing that face mask, where does it go? The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) skyrocketed near the beginning of the pandemic. Disposable face masks, in particular, saw ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — The Kent County Health Department has a few words for people struggling to find a place to discard their used rubber gloves. Along with a picture of gloves discarded into a ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — While face masks and gloves help us contain the spread of COVID-19, those items are quickly becoming the newest form of litter. Some scientists are concerned this newest version ...

The use of PPE is often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by exposure to chemicals and other workplace hazards such as: biologicals, radiation, physical, electrical, ...