PPE Waste

• PPE recycling comes to Saskatchewan hospitals in a first for the province

  The initiative is starting in Saskatoon City Hospital before being implemented across facilities.

  Environment

  May 19, 2022
  
• Metro Vancouver residents trashed more than 500 million pieces of PPE last year, report finds

  The report from Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Committee found that the region's residents tossed out an average of 194 items of personal protective equipment each in 2020.

  Health

  Mar 13, 2021
  
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• Masks and gloves go in the garbage, not recycling, York Region cities tell residents

  York Region -- which includes Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan -- says residents have increasingly been putting those items in the recycling or the green bin since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2020